According to the website, the crescent moon, or hilal, in the Jalur Gemilang symbolises “the religion of Islam as the official religion of the federation and the nation”.

However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul). While the Ottoman Empire ruled the Muslim world ...

KUALA LUMPUR, November 19 — The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living warned non-Muslim business owners that stern action would be taken for using Islamic symbols to deceive Muslim ...