The crescent moon and star is a symbol often associated with the religion of Islam. This symbol can be found on the flags of many countries, such as Algeria, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey.
Star and Crescent was approved as part of Unicode 1.1 in 1993 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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☪️ Star and crescent
☪️ Variation selector-16