This is a religious document about the importance of the banner in Islam. It contains the basis for a decision by the emir of the Islamic State of Iraq to adopt the Salafists’ black banner. The decision is based on historic and religious traditions that date back to the Prophet Muhammad and the Salafists in using banners when the banner symbolized unity in all its dimensions including harmony, unanimity, and steadfastness as Muslims.

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