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Nun,Nuun(Arabicletter)

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Nun,Nuun(Arabicletter)

ThefourteenthletteroftheArabicalphabet,nun(nuun)equivalenttotheHebreworPhoeniciannun.Theletterinallthree
alphabetsisderivedfromapictogramofafishorserpent.
OfsomesignificanceoflatebecauseofitsusebythemilitantJihadistgroupISIS(IslamicStateofIraqandSyria)inIraq.ThenunstandsinforNasara,or
Nazarene,andisatthetimeofthiswritingbeingusedtomarkthehomesofChristiansinMosul.Inamimicryoftherelativelytolerantpractices*ofthe
OttomanCaliphate,Christianswhosehomeshavebeenmarkedhavebeengivenanultimatumtoconvert,payasteeptax,orflee.
ThesymbolhasbeentakenupbyWesternChristiansinsolidaritywiththeirIraqicoreligionists.

*Whilecertainlytolerantby16thcenturystandards,thesestricturesareclearlyinviolationofhumanrightsinmoderntimes.

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DanaAugust9,2014at12:49pm
Thereisasymbolthathasbeenassociatedwithmyfamilyformorethan100years.WearefromNorwegianancestryandthis
symbolwascarvedintothecornerstonesofthefamilyfarmbuildings.Therearestillacouplestandingtodaywiththis.Iwas
toldthatitwasasymbolshowingownership.IhavebeentoldthecrosswasaddedwhenChristianitycametothefamilyand
thatthestarontherightisaprotectionsign,aneyeofprotection.NoonehasanyinformationontheKtypesymbolinthe
middle.IhaveseentheKsymbolwithmoreofanarchtothelines.
Ihavecheckedtherunealphabetanddonotseeanythinglikethatsymbol.Doyouhaveanyinformationonwhatthissymbol
mightmean?
Thankyou,
Dana
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JenniferAugust12,2014at8:09pm
HiDana,doyoubyanychancehaveapicture?
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