Is the Star of David Symbol used in any other religions?

The "Star of David" is a hexagram, that is a six-pointed geometric star figure, the compound of two equilateral triangles. The intersection is a regular hexagon.

While generally recognized as a symbol of Jewish identity it is used also in other historical, religious and cultural contexts, for example in Islam, and Eastern Religions as well as in Occultism.

The hexagram is a mandala symbol called satkona yantra or sadkona yantra found on ancient South Indian Hindu temples built thousands of years ago. It symbolizes the nara-narayana, or perfect meditative state of balance achieved between Man and God, and if maintained, results in "moksha," or "nirvana" (release from the bounds of the earthly world and its material trappings).

I do not know who was the first to use it !

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Perhaps HABIB would care to note that we are not called 'jew people'.

To the asker:

I'm not aware that any other religion uses the Magen David, but I may be wrong. It always strikes me as interesting that in fact, a far older Jewish symbol is the Menorah (the seven branched candle) and yet the Star Of David is the symbol we all, Jews and non Jews alike, link most with Judaism :)

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A six pointed star or hexagram is not unique to Judaism in symbolic meaning.

A six-pointed star called a Star of David or Mogen David is unique to Judaism, but has sometimes been appropriated by newer replacement theologies.

There is even a black supremacist and fundamentalist Christian ideology called the Black Hebrew Israelites that have hijacked it and other syimbols of Judaism while showing great hatred to the Jewish people ( of all races) There are real black Jews, including the Beta Yisrael, but the BHI certainly do not qualify.. At the link below, click on the image on the far right of the cover of the current issue and you'll see a photo of a non-Jew wearing a Star of David who hates the very people who belong to the covenant faith that syimbol represents.

The Magen David or Shield of David is singularly used as a symbol for the Nation of Israel. The Jewish king David used it to denote the two most respected class of people in Jewish culture at that time.

The Priest and the Prophet.

The Priest is represented by the pyramid that reaches toward heaven.

The Prophet is represented by the pyramid that reaches down from G-d to the people.

Intertwined they represent how the Israelites worship G-d and how he speaks through his prophets to guide them.

Also, The Old Testament commonly uses stars to denote Princes and Kings. Numbers 24:17 is the first reference of the "Star of Jacob(Israel)".

The symbol most often associated with the Occult is a pentagram(5 pointed star).

This website might help you:

http://www.menorah.org/starofdavid.html

To my surprise, no Jew-person has attempted to reply.

"Star of David" indeed fairly represents Jews, however, (to my naive understanding) it does not represents Islam, anyway.

Star of David is a Symbol of respect among Muslims since it was designed by Prophet David.

I believe the star of David symbol is pretty much exclusive to Judaism............

Some Ceremonial Mages I know use it. I personally use a Unicursal Hexagram myself.

There are others that use stars (like the Native American star quilts...though that may not be religious), but I don't think others use the same six pointed star.

The Hexagram as mentioned, is an important symbol in Tantric Hinduism and represents the unity of the masculine and feminine divine polarity (like the yin/yang symbol in a way). The Inverted triangle represents the primordial energy (Shakti, feminine) and the upright triangle represents consciousness that allows for the coalesce, integration, and direction of that energy (Siva, masculine). It is an important element in many sacred diagrams in Tantric Hinduism. A dot or "bindu" representing the point of undifferentiated unity often appears at the center of this kind of hexagram.

In medieval Hermeticism, the inverted triangle also represents the watery/lunar, feminine elemental energy and soul and the upright triangle represents the solar, fiery, masculine energy and spirit. Superimposition of the two represents the integration of divine spirit and human soul.

In ceremonial magic, the hexagram represents the celestial realm and is used in meditations and rituals invoking planetary and other celestrial energies and entities whereas the pentagram represents the elemental (earth) realm. Ceremonical magic in general, however, is influenced by medieval Christian Kabala, which was distinct from but influenced by early medieval Jewish Kabala and mysticism.