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The Fatimids used a green standard, as well as white. The Saudi Emirate of Diriyah used a white and green flag with the shahadah emblazoned on it. Various countries in the Persian Gulf have red flags, as red represents nationalism. The four Pan-Arab colours, white, black, green and red, dominate the flags of Arab states. [2] [3]
In Islam, although nothing in the Quran explicitly bans images, some supplemental hadith explicitly ban the drawing of images of any living creature; other hadith tolerate images, but never encourage them. Hence, most Muslims avoid visual depictions of any prophet or messenger such as Muhammad, Moses, and Abraham. [1] [17] [18]
A red field with the large white disk in the center bearing the red crescent moon nearly encircling the red five-pointed star. 1971 to present Flag of the United Arab Emirates: Three horizontal bands of green, white and black and the red vertical band is on the hoist-side. 1990 to present Flag of Yemen: Three horizontal bands of red, white and ...
Islamic tradition states that the Quraysh had a black liwāʾ and a white-and-black rāya. [4] It further states that Muhammad had an ʿalam in white nicknamed "the Young Eagle" (العقاب, al-ʿuqāb); and a rāya in black, said to be made from his wife Aisha's head-cloth. [5] This larger flag was known as the Eagle. [6]
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the white band bears the ... [10] Flag of Libya; the black band bears a star and crescent [11 ... bears a star and crescent and the green represents the Muslim majority
An Islamic flag is the flag representing an Islamic caliphate, religious order, state, civil society, military force or other entity associated with Islam.Islamic flags have a distinct history due to the Islamic prescription on aniconism, making particular colours, inscriptions or symbols such as crescent-and-star popular choices.