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The national flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was adopted on 15 August 2021, with the Taliban's victory in the 2001–2021 war. It features a white field with a black Shahada, the Islamic decl
Display of the flag of the Taliban.
The Islamic Republic tricolor flies above a military base in 2011.
Shahada
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The Shahada is an Islamic oath and creed, and one of the Five Pillars of Islam and part of the adhan. It reads: "I bear witness that there is no god but God, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Me
Flag of Afghanistan
…Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was adopted on 15 August 2021, with the Taliban's victory in the 2001–2021 war. It features a white field with a black Shahada, the Islamic declaration of belief, inscribed. Since the 20th century, Afghanistan has changed its national flag several times. During this period, the…
A mancus gold dinar of king Offa of Mercia, copied from the dinars of the Abbasid Caliphate (774); it includes the Arabic text: "Muhammad is the Messenger of God".
The Qibla of the Fatimid caliph al-Mustansir Billah in the Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, showing the Shia shahada that ends with the phrase: Aliyyan Waliyyullah ("Ali is the vicegerent of God").
Shahada written in the style of a Mamluk tughra on the bottom right and in mirror image on bottom left.
Ottoman Turkish regimental standards with Ottoman Turkish national flag