The jihadist flag is a flag commonly used by various Islamist and

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movements as a symbol of jihadism, jihad. It usually consists of the Black Standard with a white text of the ''Shahada'' (Islamic declaration of faith) emblazoned across it in Arabic calligraphy. Its usage is asserted to be adopted by Islamist groups and jihadists during the 1990s and early 2000s. Organizations who use jihadist flags include al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab (militant group), al-Shabaab, the Taliban, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the al-Qassam Brigades and Jemaah Islamiyah.

''Muqwaki'' seal variant

The variant used by the Islamic State, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Islamic State of Iraq, and Al-Shabaab (militant group), al-Shabaab depicts the ''Seal of Muhammad#Muqwaki seal, Muqwaki'' variant of the alleged seal of Muhammad, which some scholars Seal of Muhammad#Historicity, consider to be an anachronistic forgery.

Legality

In August 2014, British Prime Minister David Cameron suggested that anybody displaying "the Islamic State flag" in the United Kingdom should be arrested. Citing the Terrorism Act 2000, section 13 (1b) of the act states "[a] person in a public place commits an offence if he wears, carries or displays an article in such a way or in such circumstances as to arouse reasonable suspicion that he is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation" and can face six months in prison or a statutory fine. It has also been banned from public demonstration in the Netherlands since August 2014. The use of the image of the Seal of Muhammad Jihadist Flag "ISIS flag" (but not other versions of the Black Standard) for non-educational purposes Strafgesetzbuch section 86a, has been forbidden in Germany by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Federal Ministry of the Interior since September 2014. Neighbouring Austria proposed a ban in the same month.

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Collection of imagery of black flags used in Islamic extremism

The Black Flag (al-raya)
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The Islamic Imagery ProjectThe Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
(makingsenseofjihad.com) *Usama Hasan
The Black Flags of Khurasan
(unity1.wordpress.com) {{Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Flags representing the Shahada Black symbols Political flags Religious flags Islamism Jihadism Islamic terminology Flag controversies Censorship in Germany

''Muqwaki'' seal variant

Legality

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