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Old 6th January 2008, 06:05 PM   #20
ward
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I doubt that it is a tiger with Assad Allah on it. I always thought the lion looked like a frightened kitty cat but I know that is not the case. One of the important things to remember in Islamic weapons is that it is heavily based on tradition. That is why you see many forms and decoration unchanged for 100’s of years. A good example of this is the Arabic language. Since Allah gave the written form directly to Mohammed the words of god can not be changed. The alphabet and spelling has not changed in over 1300 years {approximate} The language has been added to but not changed.
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