![]() The flag is never lowered to half-mast as a sign of mourning, because lowering it would be considered blasphemous. military to win favour with children of the Khost Province of Afghanistan by distributing footballs adorned with flags, including that of Saudi Arabia, ended in demonstrations. Saudi officials said that kicking the creed with the foot was completely unacceptable. Saudi Arabia protested against its inclusion on a planned football to be issued by FIFA, bearing all the flags of the participants of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The flag of Saudi Arabia is never flown at half-mast.īecause the shahada is considered holy, the flag is not normally used on T-shirts or other items. At the 2012 London Olympics, Pantone 355 was used. The usual color of the flag's green was approximated by Album des pavillons as Pantone 330 C, while the color used on flags at United Nations is approximately Pantone 349. The flag is sinister hoisted, meaning that when viewed from the obverse (front) side, it is hoisted to the left of the flagpole. The sword also points to the left on both sides, in the direction of the script. The flag is manufactured with identical obverse and reverse sides, to ensure the shahada reads correctly, from right to left, from either side. The green of the flag represents Islam and the sword stands for the strictness in applying justice. The Arabic inscription on the flag, written in the calligraphic Thuluth script, is the shahada or Islamic declaration of faith: ![]() The inscription is the Islamic creed, or shahada: "There is no deity but God Muhammad is the Messenger of God". ![]() It is a green flag featuring in white an Arabic inscription and a sword. The flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( Arabic: علم المملكة العربية السعودية) is the flag used by the government of Saudi Arabia since 15 March 1973.
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