Jihadist flag

The jihadist flag is a flag used commonly by Islamist movements as a symbol of jihad. The jihadist flag usually is the Black Standard with writing of the Shahada in a calligraphy style. The flag was adopted by Islamist and Jihadist movements in the 1990s to early 2000s.^[1]

Groups that have used a flag similar to the jihadist flag are:

• al-Qaeda
• Daesh
• Al-Shabaab
• Ahrar al-Sham
• Chechen Mujhaideen
• Hizbul Islam
• Taliban which uses a inverted version
• Palestinian Islamic Jihad

1. ↑ Hamid, Shadi; Dar, Rashid (July 15, 2016). "Islamism, Salafism, and jihadism: A primer". Brookings. Retrieved 2022-09-10.