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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 3321451, member: 2844&quot;]Are you sure they are copper? They look brass to me.</p><p>Which book did you find them in?</p><p><br /></p><p>The zulfiqar is the symbol of Ali, the son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad. Ali is important in Shia Islam.</p><p>I don&#039;t know how the other symbols would fit in, and Islam is not in favour of snakes or snake symbolism.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a small chance they are connected to the Zar ceremony, which is practised in some Islamic countries. It is a ceremony to appease spirits, and a snake is sometimes seen as a &#039;personification&#039; of an evil spirit.</p><p>But.... I have a few Zar amulets, and they look nothing like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, take them to a Shia imam.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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