Many sites replace their icon using a unicode character. Chess.SE uses a rook ♜, Poker.SE uses a club ♣, and so on. I believe it's possible to do the same here. I understand the restrictions are just "it has to be a unicode symbol". There's some good options: 1. star and crescent: ☪︎ 1. <s>the Kaaba: 🕋︎</s> 1. <s>a mosque: 🕌︎</s> 1. Allah: ﷲ The more unicode savvy amongst us might be able to give advice on the different versions of these characters. Just be aware that it most cases it's going to be displayed very small. It mainly shows up on the hot network questions list and your flair. E.g. here's my flair (the Islam.SE icon is after the math.SE icon): <a href="https://stackexchange.com/users/2823463/rebecca-j-stones"><img src="https://stackexchange.com/users/flair/2823463.png" width="208" height="58" alt="profile for Rebecca J. Stones on Stack Exchange, a network of free, community-driven Q&A sites" title="profile for Rebecca J. Stones on Stack Exchange, a network of free, community-driven Q&A sites" /></a> We should be able to change the "IS" into something more Islam-related. **Question**: Should the Islam.SE icon (currently "Is") be changed to something Islamic? This would be a temporary change, until SE fully designs the site. However, given the sheer number of sites waiting for designs, it may be a long time. ---- I asked about this on [meta.SE][2]. There, I gave a mock up of what I had in mind: <img src="https://i.postimg.cc/j25rbvVY/kabaa2.png"> > When I say Unicode, **I mean the simple characters and symbols that look like they belong to a font**... and are, in fact, available in many complete fonts. > **Emoji are special and not included.** These characters are generally copyrighted based on platform and require licensing to use them in many cases. We don’t just use the code for the symbol so that it appears differently on each system type, we create an image with the letter/s or symbol so it’s always the same. > So, **I’m sorry, but this wouldn’t be an option**. If the site ever gets a custom design we might design a Kaaba from scratch if it’s a good representation for a logo but we won’t use an emoji in one of our logos. > [Catija ♦][1] This knocks out Kaaba and mosque. [1]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/339925/351283 [2]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/339853/what-is-possible-as-a-temporary-site-favicon-at-islam-se