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 |'''[[Crescent Moon|Crescent Moon]]'''
 |Hubal was the pagan moon god worshiped at the Ka’aba. The crescent moon was Hubal’s symbol. As with the Cross for Christianity and the Star of David for Judaism, the Crescent moon is today a universal symbol for Islam.
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-|'''[[Islam and Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups|Cultic mentality]]'''
-|Sectarian groups usually centered around a charismatic but despotic leader (Jim Jones, David Koresch, Joseph Smith, Warren Jeffs, etc), who see that its flock strives against the world (Us vs Them), isolated by the belief that only they hold the truth. --''Not all the brainwashed followers of Asahara committed terrorism. But all of them were ready to do whatever their guru told them. In its most spectacular expansions, the cultic mentality brought Fascism (Mussolini, Franco, Hitler), Communism (Lenin, Stalin) and most evidently Islam.
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