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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
It seems that the folk religions of certain regions, in this case the Sudan, follow Islam in varying application accordingly and sometimes nominally, and that celestial symbolism has some specific importance there. It seems the crescent had some such symbolism in ancient Egyptian pantheons.
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Hi Jim
That is not taking enough in consideration that Islam came to these regions after Christianity, which had already and severely erase the ancient beliefs.
The Egyptian pharaoh beliefs was completely vanish from the spirit when Muslims over load the Sudan, more than 1000 years later
From the third century to the sixth century the whole of Sudan was Christian, and was even the official religion. Then the seventh century to the fifteenth century the two religions live in coexistence almost peaceful.
I am skeptical about some reminicent of a religion for over 1000 years,
especially when you know the damage that Christians have inflicted on the Pharaonic monuments
later Muslims continued destruction of the work already undertaken
might be possible (under reserve) to find some signs of "Kaballah" mix-up with some other Islamic objects for magical practices, but never saw or noticed pharaonic marks or signs
but ... I never forget my favorite thought;
in those countries, every thing is possible, and more specially the impossible 
it's land of wonders, or it's not ??
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Dom