PARIS — At an anti-Israel protest next to the Eiffel Tower Sunday, one attendee flew a black flag of the type often used by Islamist terror groups.
Terror groups like al-Qaida and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria use variations of the type of black flag flown at the rally. The flags all quote the Shahada in Arabic, which translates into English as: “There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.” (RELATED: ISIS Spokesman Pledges To ‘Raise The Flag Of Allah In The White House’)
The black flag is sometimes referred to as the “black flag of Jihad” and represents the desire of Islamist terror groups to create a global Islamic caliphate ruled by Sharia law.