But most Muslim countries identify the emblem with the crusader's cross from centuries earlier and have refused to use it. Instead, the Ottoman Empire used a red crescent to protect its medical ...

The "red crystal" may be the answer for nations that want to join the Red Cross humanitarian movement but oppose its emblems ... Muslims of the Christian Crusaders, and they insisted on their ...

But Muslims, reminded of the crusader's cross from centuries earlier, refused to use the emblem. Instead, the Ottoman empire (search) was already using the red crescent to protect its medical ...

The Crusaders occupied Apollonia, between the ancient ports of Jaffa and Caesarea, from 1241 to 1265. “This is the first hoard of gold coins that we have in Israel that we can date to the ...