IYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — It liberates. It represses. It is a prayer. It is a prison. It protects. It obliterates. Rarely in human history has a piece of cloth been assigned so many roles. Been embroiled ...

In the Muslim world, the crescent moon and star is a symbol which is arguably as iconic to Islam as the cross is to Christianity. But do the crescent and star - which appears on the flags of some 10 ...