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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.
White background with Shahadah written in Islamic calligraphy is currently used as the present-day flag of Afghanistan. Shahadah is one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the Adhan. It reads: "I bear witness that none deserves worship except God, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God."
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 .
Star and crescent symbolize Islam and the dark green field symbolizes the Muslim majority of Pakistan. [41] Saudi Arabia Shahada (Muslim creed) on green, a color represents Islam [42] Senegal The green stripe and star represent Islam. [43] [44] Somaliland Shahada (green may also represent Islam) Sudan Green represents Islam. [45]
The current flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is a plain white flag with the black words of the shahada in the centre. The white stands for "the (Islamic Movement of Taliban's) purity of faith and government"; the flag incorporated the shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, after 1997.
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]
The reasoning behind the usage of the colour green in the flag is more obvious. Green in Islamic symbolism is inextricably linked to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the colour is mentioned numerous times within the Quran. [3] [4] As a traditionally Islamic colour, the usage of green on the flag is an overtly political and explicitly religious ...