Talk:Black Standard

Split?
Shouldn't there be a separate article for the jihad flag? It is not the same as the all-black flag. FunkMonk (talk) 05:39, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

it's just a point of "design". The inscribed flag is supposed to represent the all-black flag, but to make sure everyone gets the point that this is an Islamic black flag, they apparently feel the need to write stuff on it. --dab (𒁳) 10:28, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

But that misses the point entirely. The whole point of plain is Mohammed wanted nothing on it. That way it is 'holy' like an empty hole. The writings and pictures are a modern CIA funded perversion of this, defeating the purpose of the plain flag entirely, and associating terrorism with the utterly true & peaceful side of Islam. It needs a separate article. -- 06:12, 15 May 2018 (UTC)


 * "The writings and pictures are a modern CIA funded perversion of this, defeating the purpose of the plain flag entirely, and associating terrorism with the utterly true & peaceful side of Islam."
 * How has this claim gone unsourced and unrefuted for nearly 8 months? If you want to put it in the context of assumed intent, it's simpler to argue the association of Jihadist Islamism with the black flag lies with the symbolic display of the inscribed flag. As such, the "perversion" of the original Islamic black flag is committed by the Jihadists who wield the black flag with the added Shahada inscription. How does the CIA even tie into this? -- 01:01, 7 January 2019 (UTC)


 * this article is about black standard .you guys are intentionally connecting black standard with isis to defame it. isis flag is not complete black. y dont you just write about the devil here since that is also related to black colour. write all the shit you can and dont let others edit it and this way you say wikipedia is unbiased -- 21:14, 13 May 2019‎ 2601:982:202:2744:e9ac:33ab:2b22:9661

Unusual text order in the ISIL flag
This article (as well as innumerable articles in the Western press) state that the text on the ISIL black banner flag is **exactly** the text of the Shahada (Islamic creed).

However it appears to me that they are overlooking an important detail: the three words in the "white bubble" at the bottom (muḥammadur rasūlu-llāh) are written bottom-to-top rather than top-to-bottom. This discussion on Quora has an explanation of the unusual order in terms of the seal of Muhammad. I am going to add this to the article to clarify the situation.

192.55.54.40 (talk) 19:08, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

jihadism
why are you relating black standard to jihadism. black standard is only a religious symbol of prophet and the others flag that are used are not complete black. like ahmaddiyas and isis and others. remove those bad things from this article. have some respect for others religion and if you cannot than stop posting things about islam. -- 21:14, 13 May 2019‎ 2601:982:202:2744:e9ac:33ab:2b22:9661
 * Wikipedia uses independently verifiable WP:V facts from reliable sources WP:RS for its content. Britishfinance (talk) 15:54, 14 May 2019 (UTC)

Muhammad was a jihadist. There are many instances of Muhammad or his followers going to or coming back from Jihad in the Sahih Bukhari. In the Sahih Bukhari there is even a separate book for jihad-related hadith by Muhammad. So there is no reason to remove these.103.149.60.76 (talk) 05:22, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Lack of clarity on what the liwāʾ or ʿalam were
The text says 'not to be confused with the liwāʾ or ʿalam, an identifying mark like a red turban'. What does 'like' mean here? That a liwāʾ and/or ʿalam could, for example, be a red turban? Or that they were comparable/similar to a red turban in terms of their functions? Much more importantly for the purposes of this article, could a liwāʾ and/or ʿalam (also?) be a flag in our modern understanding and not a turban? If so, what was the difference between them and the rāya? The text goes on to call the rāya 'this larger flag', suggesting that the liwāʾ and/or ʿalam were flags, too, but smaller. However, this isn't stated when they are introduced; instead, there is just the confusing comparison/exemplification with a turban. The text also says the rāya was a square banner. Does that mean that the liwāʾ and/or ʿalam were flags of some other shape? 87.126.21.225 (talk) 06:55, 3 December 2022 (UTC)