In the middle of the red strip on both sides of the flag there is a white-color crescent and an eight-point star.

The eight-point star on the knight's shield represents the eight points of the compass and embodies HSM-46's ability to successfully execute missions anywhere in the world.

Pieced circles of pink, red, purple and blue stripes are transformed into eight-point stars by means of appliqued black diamonds and squares.

Mr. Mahathir is said to have sketched on a napkin the eight-point Muslim star the American architect Cesar Pelli used as the basis for the towers.

Cesar Pelli, the American architect chosen by the government to design the towers, said he based them on an eight-point star, a basic motif in Islamic art.

It did not hurt that the prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, sent him a sketch of an eight-point star as a suggestion.

There is a ninth spire in the middle, forming an eight-point star.

There are five traditional patterns including an eight-point star, a snail shell, a ram's head, an elephant's footprint and a heart, which, when combined create a beautiful display.

The shield contains the image of a fire in the center of an eight-point star against a background of the colors of the National flag of Azerbaijan.

Anicia and her attendants are enclosed within an eight-point star within a circle all formed of intertwined rope.