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Flag of Iran the center emblem is a stylized form of the Arabic word Allah and its five parts represent the Five Pillars of Islam ; the red and green bands bear the Takbir [ 8 ] Flag of Iraq
Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars , crescents and the Shahada .
An Islamic flag is the flag either 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.
Pan-Arab colors, used individually in the past, were first combined in 1916 in the flag of the Arab Revolt or Flag of Hejaz. [11] Many current flags are based on Arab Revolt colors, such as the flags of Jordan , Kuwait , Palestine , the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic , and the United Arab Emirates .
The number 4 is a very important number in Islam with many significations: Eid-al-Adha lasts for four days from the 10th to the 14th of Dhul Hijja; there were four Caliphs; there were four Archangels; there are four months in which war is not permitted in Islam; when a woman's husband dies she is to wait for four months and ten days; the Rub el ...
White was the dynastic color of the Umayyad Caliphate and of the Fatimid Caliphate as well as the standard flag of the Prophet Mohammed [10] A white field. 622–632 750–1258 1261–1517: Black flag of the Abbasid Caliphate and as well the flag of the Prophet Mohammed [10] A black field. 1171–1260/1341: Flag of The Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt
Centre of the flag Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd: 1926–32 Appears above the sword, with this text from Surah As-Saff, the 61st chapter of the Qur'an, verse 13: "نَصرٌ مِنَ اللَّـهِ وَفَتحٌ قَريبٌ", "Victory from Allah and an eminent conquest" Islamic State of Iraq/Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: 2006–present
Flags of the Marshal Foch victory-harmony banner June 8, 1919 This is a collection of lists of flags , including the flags of states or territories , groups or movements and individual people. There are also lists of historical flags and military flag galleries.