Queer Muslim Crescent Flag
Rainbow Pride Flag · Reconstruction published April 2005
A six-band rainbow field bearing a pink triangle with a white crescent and star. António Martins drew it for Flags of the World on 10 April 2005 and called it a putative international version of a reported Canadian Muslim design, so the image is a reconstruction and the underlying flag has no identified designer. [1] The one located physical example appeared in June 2017, when the activist Nadiya Al-Noor posted a photograph of herself and two friends holding a handmade version, captioned "This is my pride flag". [1][2]
Key facts
- Designer
- Unknown
- First documented public use
- In use
- Reconstruction published April 2005
- Aspect Ratio
- 5:3 · as rendered
- Ratio Notes
- The Martins rendering is exactly 360 by 216 pixels, which is 5:3. That is the proportion of the published reconstruction. The handmade flag photographed in 2017 has its own proportions, which are not established and should not be inferred from the drawing. [1]
- Stripes
- 6
- Represented Identity
- Queer Muslims
Also known as
- Crescent on Pink Triangle Rainbow Flag
Status Proposed
Archive categories Religious and Spiritual Pride Flags
Overview
António Martins drew the design for Flags of the World on 10 April 2005, describing it two days earlier as "the putative international version, with white star added to the crescent, of this Canadian Muslim flag". [1] It began, in other words, as a reconstruction of a design reported from Canada rather than as a flag anyone had been seen carrying.
Identity & Context
- Represented Identity
- Queer Muslims
- Subcommunity
- LGBTQ Muslims
- Religious Context
- Islam
Creators
The Creator
Unknown
Designer
The designer of the underlying flag is not identified. Flags of the World describes the design it renders as a putative international version of a reported Canadian Muslim flag, which is a report of a design rather than an inspected original. [1] If you can identify the designer, the archive would like to hear from you.
António Martins
Reconstruction artist
Contributor to Flags of the World who produced the 360 by 216 rendering on 10 April 2005, described in his own note of 8 April as a putative international version of a reported Canadian Muslim flag. [1] He drew a second, separate putative reconstruction the same day, with a crescent centred directly on a rainbow field and no pink triangle; that is a different design and is not documented in use.
The putative international version, with white star added to the crescent, of this Canadian Muslim flag.
Nadiya Al-Noor
Documented user
Described by Flags of the World as a Muslim activist and blogger from the USA, and by contemporary reporting as a young Muslim interfaith activist. In June 2017 she posted a photograph to Facebook showing herself and two friends holding a handmade flag of this design, captioned "This is my pride flag", as part of her objection to the ejection of people carrying a Jewish gay flag from the Chicago Dyke March earlier that month. [1][2] Neither source says where the photograph was taken, and it should not be read as showing the march itself.
This is my pride flag
It has the Islamic crescent and star on it, like the flags of Turkey, Pakistan, etc…
Attribution notes
The designer is not identified. Flags of the World presents its image as a reconstruction: António Martins drew it on 10 April 2005 and described it two days earlier as "The putative international version, with white star added to the crescent, of this Canadian Muslim flag." [1] That makes Martins the reconstruction artist and the underlying Canadian design a report rather than a documented artifact. Nadiya Al-Noor is a documented user of a handmade example, not its designer.
Origin
Not documented. The reconstruction was derived from a Canadian Muslim flag; the one photographed in 2017 was held in the United States. [1]
Dates & Chronology
- First public use
- Period in Use
- Reconstruction published April 2005; one located physical use June 2017
One physical example is documented. In June 2017 Nadiya Al-Noor posted a photograph to Facebook of herself and two friends holding a handmade flag of this design, objecting to the ejection of people carrying a Jewish gay flag from the Chicago Dyke March earlier that month; the post was shared roughly 2,500 times. [2] Flags of the World, noting the photograph, wrote that the design was "no longer putative" and described the object as an amateur product with rainbow stripes of unequal widths, an uneven fly edge, and star and crescent shapes not quite regular, but immediately recognisable. [1] No continuous use and no present-day adoption have been established.
A separate Islamic design is recorded on the same page, a crescent centred on a rainbow flag, which exists only as a reconstruction of a possible flag and has no documented use. It is not this flag and is not given an entry. [1]
The photographed flag is described as handmade. Todorović notes that it "looks like an amateur product (rainbow stripes of unequal widths, uneven fly edge, shapes of star and crescent not quite regular) and many color shades differ, but is immediately recognizable, nevertheless." [1] The photograph itself has not been inspected; Flags of the World cites it to a report on the Israel and Stuff website.
Colors & Symbolism
No located source assigns meanings to the individual elements. The design combines three historically recognisable devices: the rainbow field of gay pride flags, the pink triangle, and the crescent and star associated with Islam. Flags of the World describes the construction without interpreting it, and no designer statement has been located. [1]
Design
- Aspect Ratio
- 5:3 · as rendered
- Ratio Notes
- The Martins rendering is exactly 360 by 216 pixels, which is 5:3. That is the proportion of the published reconstruction. The handmade flag photographed in 2017 has its own proportions, which are not established and should not be inferred from the drawing. [1]
- Orientation
- horizontal
- Stripe Count
- 6
- Layout
- horizontal_stripes_with_charge
- Center Symbol
- White crescent and star on a pink triangle
A six-band rainbow field measured at 36 rows each in the 216-row rendering, a pink triangle, and a white crescent with a five-pointed star. [1] The 2017 handmade example differs: Flags of the World describes rainbow stripes of unequal widths, an uneven fly edge, and star and crescent shapes that are not quite regular.
Usage & Adoption
- First Users
- Nadiya Al-Noor and two others, photographed holding the flag, June 2017 [1]
- Geographic Usage
- United States
- Online Usage
- Facebook, June 2017 [1]
- Current Status
- one located physical use in 2017, following a 2005 reconstruction
One documented user: Nadiya Al-Noor, photographed with two other women holding the flag in June 2017. [1]
Image Archive
Reconstruction, 2005
Variants
Discourse & Debates
- The one documented use is itself a comment on a dispute about Pride flags. Nadiya Al-Noor posted the photograph in June 2017 objecting to the ejection of people carrying the Jewish gay flag from the Chicago Dyke March that month. The archive records the flag and the stated occasion, and does not adjudicate the dispute. [1]
Footnotes & Citations
Sources and footnotes 2 sources
Databases
- 1. Gay Pride/Rainbow Flags - Religious Variants. randy young (editor); flag documentation by Tomislav Todorović and António Martins. Flags of the World (2023-09-30). Accessed 2026-08-10
Flags of the World's page on religious variants of the rainbow flag, last modified 30 September 2023. Carries the 2005 reconstruction, its author and date, the 2017 confirmation of use, and a description of the photographed flag as handmade and irregular.
News
- 2. Muslim LGBT Zionist defends Jews ejected from Chicago Dyke March. Israel and Stuff (2017-06)
The report Flags of the World cites for the June 2017 photograph. Not inspected for this entry; recorded so the photograph's route is traceable.
Image Sources
- Rendering
- approximation
- Credit: António Martins / Flags of the WorldRights Rendering by António Martins for Flags of the World, which asserts copyright over its pages and their images. No reuse licence is stated and none has been sought; published at the site owner’s direction with the rights status recorded as undetermined. It is a rendering of the design, not a photograph of a flag in use.
- António Martins’s rendering for Flags of the World, published 10 April 2005 at 360 by 216 pixels. A reconstruction of a reported Canadian Muslim design rather than a photograph of an existing flag. [1] · Credit: Rendering by António Martins for Flags of the World. Designer of the underlying flag unidentified. · Flags of the WorldRights Flags of the World asserts copyright over its renderings and publishes no general reuse licence. Linked as evidence; no permission for reuse has been obtained or claimed.
- The other Islamic design recorded on the same page: a white crescent and star centred over the whole rainbow field, without the pink triangle. Martins drew it on 10 April 2005 as "a putative reconstruction of a possible real flag," pointing to a design carried at the al-Fatiha news group's site. Unlike the pink-triangle flag it has never been documented in physical use. [1] · Credit: António Martins / Flags of the World · Flags of the WorldRights Flags of the World asserts copyright over its renderings and publishes no general reuse licence. A separate putative reconstruction, not documented in use.