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2024-05-07 18:46:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 19BBBAD07729CF9632AF5E948C2C3911B3941EC0308C714F109D03B978A7B617
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This flag has also been used by various jihadist organisations. Its Said that the black flag is the Battle Flag Carried by Mohammed. "In the contemporary Islamist movement, the black flag is used to evoke notions of jihad and of reestablishing the Islamic Caliphate" https://ctc.westpoint.edu/militant-imagery-project/0185/ https://www.newarab.com/news/islamic-state-too-violent-osama-bin-ladens-taste
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