Terror is enveloping Syria and Iraq and neighboring territories as the ISIS militants spread its authority and fight insidiously against all nations. And in every battle they take, they wave their black-and-white flag symbolizing greater fear and danger to the world.
With the group continuously spreading acts of massacres, murder and violence across nations, what does the self declared Islamic State really want to tell the people? Does the black flag really mean to threaten or it does it denotes a lesser significance?
The flag used by the ISIS, Jihads and Al Qaeda group all look like the same with a little variation. The 'Black Standard', also called as 'the Black Banner' or 'the Flag of the Eagle' has an Islamic phrase written 'shahada' or declaration of faith, which reads, "There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God."
The black color does not really mean anything, the Islam used black to represent 'Muhammad.' Nations including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and many other Muslim countries also used black in their flags, and it also stands for Muhammad.
However, the "appropriation of this phrase by ISIS twists the meaning of the Islamic principle," according to Jonathan Bloom, a professor of Islamic Art at Boston College. "Their use of this phrase is sending very much the wrong message."
The white circle on the flag has the second part of the Shahada phrase stating "Muhammad is the Messenger of God."
The entire Islamic phrase and the black color in the flag suggest no harm, but the terrorists group used it for the name of war. It denotes another ominous meaning or else the black flag simply is a declaration of the Islam faith.
The ISIS claimed they have revived the historical Islamic caliphate through the Black Standard flag or the Black Banner. Experts on the Islamic militant movements say that the calligraphy, the color, and the words on the flag denote the militant's history and to which the terrorists see their future.
