the double triangle-shaped symbol used today.[citation needed]
Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Star of David on the Salt Lake Assembly Hall
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The Star of David is also used less prominently by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, chiefly in architecture. It symbolizes the Tribes of Israel and friendship and their claimed affinity towards the Jewish people. Additionally, some independent LDS theologians such as LDS Daniel Rona have further suggested the possibility that the Star of David was actually modeled after the Urim and Thummim, but this is not official doctrine of the Church.
Rastafari
A black star of David is used to identify the black population, in Africa or otherwise, with one of the Tribes of Israel.
Zion Christian Church
A Star of David badge is worn by members of the Zion Christian Church, which has over three million members and is the largest African Initiated Church in southern Africa.[citation needed]
Usage by Muslims
Hexagram in Islamic stonework at the Qutb complex, Delhi, India.
The symbol is known in Arabic as , Najmat Dwd (Star of David) or Khtem Sulaymn (Seal of Solomon), but “Seal of Solomon” may also refer to a pentagram or a species of plant.
In various places in the Qur’an, it is written that David and King Solomon (Arabic, Suliman or Sulayman) were prophets and kings and therefore they are revered figures by Muslims. The Medieval pre-Ottoman Anatolian Turkish Beyliks of the Karamanolu and Candarolu used the star on their flag. Even today, the star can be found in mosques and on other Arabic and Islamic artifacts.
The Babylonian Talmud contains a legend about King Solomon being