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She called the RCMP, who referred her to the Edmonton police. She did not have the man's name, but she tracked down his number, which was local. Condemn both terrorism and Islamophobia in wake of Edmonton attacks, Imam says.Muslim community denounces Edmonton attacks in special sermon."It really scared us because I think until last weekend we felt very sheltered in Edmonton and the fact that someone would even ask about it was very scary." "The more I thought about it, the more fearful I became," Bright recalled. Bright said she is sometimes sheepishly asked for Confederate flags, which are seen as a symbol of America's history of slavery, and she declines. Presumably he intended to stencil on the logo in white paint.Īt first she didn't think much of it. Phyllis Bright, owner of The Flag Shop in Edmonton, said she had a similar inquiry this summer.Ī man called asking for an Islamic State flag to be printed and, when she refused, he asked for a plain black one instead. "Basically the conversation went dead and he just hung up the phone." Edmonton flag shop refuses to print ISIS flags Images of the flag come up in search results on the Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba, but not on eBay or Amazon.ĭewji told the would-be client he wouldn't print his flag. Sharif does not currently face any terrorism charges.ĭewji said he doubts anyone in Canada would have been able to get his hands on a professionally made flag locally, but it's possible it came from China. He faces 11 charges, including five counts of attempted murder. 'Was he under surveillance?': Questions surround Edmonton 'acts of terrorism,' security expert saysĪbdulahi Hasan Sharif, a 30-year-old Somali refugee, is accused of hitting a police officer with a speeding car, stabbing him and then mowing down pedestrians with a cube van.Edmonton police investigate 'acts of terrorism' after officer stabbed, pedestrians run down."I didn't touch it with a dirty shirt," he said.Įdmonton police have said an Islamic State flag was found last weekend in a vehicle involved in what they are investigating as a terrorist attack. After some online digging, he realized it was the flag used by followers of the Islamic State terror group.
ISIS FLAG HOW TO
It amuses me.ĭon´t be scared of Arabic writing, I can teach you how to read it in one day or less.A few years ago, Arif Dewji, owner of House of Flags and Banners in Coquitlam, B.C., got an odd request from a prospective customer.Ī man who seemed to be based in New York sent over the design of a flag he wanted printed.Īt first Dewji did not know the meaning of the white logo set against a black backdrop, but something seemed fishy.
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I mean that the version of the flag we see is a copy of a copy and each time it was cleaned up in a programme like Adobe Illustrator it has degraded and lost the “line weight”.Īh forget it, I’m a designer. This is the one amusing aspect about all this the text on the ISIS flag has been redrawn from a vector many times. While looking for a good example of the ISIS black flag to include here I came across Dreamstime stock photos for sale, this is like a pop culture barometer.īut these aren’t what I’m looking for, I presumed there is an ‘official’ version with clean calligraphy. Letter to Baghdadi is an interesting site which holds an open letter from prominent Muslim thinkers addressing ISIS leaders and followers.
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The circular image is a ‘seal’ which says “Muhammad is the Messenger of God”īut like all religious statements it is open to interpretation and criticism from followers of the same faith. The top text above the circle says “There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God.” This is the ‘declaration of faith’. ISIS has declared a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq.
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Black flags or standards are connected to the Abbasid Caliphate. From a design perspective it works well: the solid black with white print makes it easily identifiable from just about any distance.įirst of all there is big significance to the dominant black colour in the flag. I try to steer clear of politics on this site, my goal is to show the world that Arab culture and Arabic writing system is nothing to be scared of.Įven though I want to break down barriers and misconceptions about Arabic writing, the ISIS flag is undeniably menacing thanks to recent events. The black and white ISIS flag has rapidly become a powerful, evocative and terrifying image to many of us.