Recently I saw a video where a Police Officer was seen removing a flag on car bonnet and replacing it with national flag. The flag “resembles” Islamic flag.
There was large scale presence of flags during Rahul Gandhi campaign in Kerala and the brouhaha followed thereafter also requires to be explained.
Please note, Islamic flag is a flag either representing Islamic denomination or religious order, civil society, or other entity associated with Islam. Islamic flags have a distinct history due to the Islamic prescription. Since the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, flags with certain colors were associated with Islam according to the traditions.
Since then, historical Caliphates, modern nation states, certain denominations as well as religious movements have adopted flags to symbolize their Islamic identity.
Pakistan has adopted Islamic flag with little variation to symbolise it’s Islamic identify. The national flag of Pakistan was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly on August 11, 1947, just three days before the country’s independence, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of Pakistan. It was afterwards retained by the current-day Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The flag is a green field with a white crescent moon and five-rayed star at its centre, and a vertical white stripe at the hoist
Therefore waving Islamic flag shall not be considered/confused as one’s affiliation to Pakistan.
S.Basavaraj, Advocate, Daksha Legal. raj@dakshalegal.com
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