<P> The image and variations of it are used as automobile bumper stickers . </P> <P> The bumper stickers first began to emerge in the United States in the early 2000s in partial response to the military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan which began after the events of September 11, 2001 . The stickers signify the capability or desire of humans to live together in peace . </P> <P> One common version of the bumper sticker spells "COEXIST" using an Islamic crescent moon for the "C", a peace sign for the "O", a combination of the male symbol and female symbol for the "E", a Star of David for the "X", a pentagram for the dot of the "I", a yin - yang symbol for the "S", and a Christian cross for the "T". This version, designed by Jerry Jaspar, is perhaps the most common version of the bumper sticker . </P> <P> The prevalence of the COEXIST bumper stickers has been noted in the Bay Area region centered on San Francisco . Users of the bumper stickers are often not practicing adherents of religion . This prevalence among politically liberal secularists has led to some ridicule about the inability of the bumper sticker to affect its target audience, or those who could benefit from the message . </P>

What are the symbols on the coexist bumper sticker