The Shahada flag declares ‘There is no god but the God, Muhammad is the messenger of the God,’’’ he said. “The black flag with the Islamic writing on it, and the fact that it seems to be ...

Australian Muslim groups have hit back at a push to ban a flag used by Islamic State amid fears it could lead to criminalisation of legitimate displays of Islamic imagery.

The black flag with white Arabic writing posted in the Sydney café window where hostages are being held doesn’t help to explain who exactly is responsible. Early reports attributed the hostage ...

Muslim groups, religious leaders and experts have voiced alarm at the federal government’s push to ban a flag associated with Islamic State, saying it risks criminalising legitimate displays of ...

The flag includes the Shahada, an affirmation of faith prominently featured in Islamic architecture and artwork in Arabic lettering. A banned symbol can be a "modified version" of the IS flag, and ...

The Shahada is an Islamic creed which translates as "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah". It is frequently found on modern Islamic flags and over the last few decades ...

But the police did little to help, writing on X that, “the flags in the lower left photo are not those of ISIS. They are the ‘shahada’ which is a declaration of faith in Islam.

Not in Tunis, Steyn observed, where the mob entered the embassy, lowered the American flag, burned it and ran the Islamic shahada flag up the pole instead. Francis Scott Key wrote his lines about ...

As well as the full Arabic name for ISIS, the flags that were burned included the Islamic shahada, There is no god but God, Mohammad is the messenger of God. ISIS has stolen the flag of 1.3 billion ...