Flag of Morocco

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Flag of Morocco
Morocco gov index.svg
Vexillological symbol : National flag on land, trade and service flag at sea?
Aspect ratio: 2: 3
Officially accepted: November 17, 1915

The flag of Morocco was officially introduced on November 17, 1915. The flag was adopted in the year of Morocco's independence (1956).

It is red and shows a green pentagram in its center , the seal of Solomon (here:سليمان Sulaimān ). Red and green are traditional colors in Islamic culture that are often used in Arab flags, such as the flags of the Persian Gulf states. Green is generally considered to be the preferred color of Islam and red was the color of the Sherif of Mecca .

National flag of Morocco in Tangier. The left flag is upside down.
Trade flag? Trade flag. Aspect ratio: 2: 3
War flag at sea? Naval war flag. Aspect ratio: 2: 3
War flag at sea Gösch

Originally, the Moroccan flag was made of single-colored red cloth since the 15th century. In November 1915, Sultan Mulai Yusuf added the green pentagram in the middle at the instigation of the French occupying forces. In Morocco, the red cloth stands for the color of the Alides , the green of the pentagram for Islam; the form for life and health.

The “Seal of Solomon” was also the name for the Star of David and was used for both the hexagram and the pentagram.

See also

Web links

Commons : Flags of Morocco  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Whitney Smith , Ottfried Neubecker : coats of arms and flags of all nations. Battenberg, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-87045-183-1 .
  2. ^ Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Morocco . In: flags and coats of arms of the world . Wissenmedia Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-577-14537-4 , p. 154–155 ( preview in Google Book Search).
  3. ↑ Georg Eisner: From the hexagram to the star of David In: eisner-georg.ch , accessed on March 27, 2018 (PDF; 14.9 MB)