the rays appear off of the circle, with the same rays in the shape of horns....it looks like it could be a representation of Ba-el (osiris,mithra, etc) with the rays coming off of the circle representing the sun....
your cair symbol appears to show the crescent moon pointing in all four directions, symbolic for covering the four corners of the world with islam, and the star in the middle....the crescent moon and morning star(venus) are the symbol for islam and also an islamic caliphate according to history