Muslims Propose Change to Russian State Emblem

Russia’s Chief Mufti, Talgat Tadzhuddin, proposed adding a crescent to Russia’s coat of arms as a symbol of Islam. Currently, the emblem includes three crowns with crosses adorning a double-headed eagle. Tadzhuddin proposes replacing one of the crosses with a crescent and add another crescent to the central crown, pointing out that 18% of Russia’s population are Muslims. Chief Mufti has already submitted his proposal to President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Notably, while the official description of the coat of arms given by a federal constitutional law refers to the crowns, no crosses are mentioned in the law.

http://www.lenta.ru/news/2011/04/15/crescent/
http://mn.ru/society/20110415/301066658.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Russia (picture)