Apple introduces 'Islamic' emojis

Which one is your favourite Emoji?

Emoji lovers rejoice as 150 new characters have been added to its growing library in Apple's latest software update, including a mosque, the Kaabah and a tasbeeh.

As part of the iOS 9.1 update for iPhone users, emoji were included from the latest unicode specification released this week, as well as 150 new emoticons.





Among the new characters, many were excited by the mosque, Kaabah and the tasbeeh which are featured alongside other religious buildings, new food emoji and the much awaited and controversial middle finger.



In the late 1990s, emojis were first developed in Japan as smiley-faced emoticons. They have since developed from graphically representing faces to depicting a whole lot of different things, including pets, objects and poo.



Twitter was abuzz with excitement as emoji fans shared their views on the new characters:

https://twitter.com/hirastop/status/656919785217871872

https://twitter.com/saba_sacho/status/656928367695020032

https://twitter.com/_iwaizumi/status/656978981439295488

https://twitter.com/mominnn/status/657033283331461120

https://twitter.com/xakmx_/status/657047974908854273

https://twitter.com/snowberjaura/status/657075684385230848

https://twitter.com/lilcurrylover/status/657058766660222976

https://twitter.com/enticingniall/status/657158687346200576

https://twitter.com/_alannaaaaa/status/653630891126849536

https://twitter.com/SheeSheeBby/status/656988491847327745

https://twitter.com/samannnx/status/657030684746371073

https://twitter.com/BarikEmana/status/657371702092025860