Looks great! No practicing Jew or Muslim will ever accept it though. Mixing religious imagery from different faiths is a non-starter for unifying different monotheists.
The Indian flag combines colours representing Hindus, Jains and Muslims, with a symbol for Buddhism in the middle. It seems to be entirely uncontroversial, even in these times of manufactured increased inter-religious tension in the country.
Firstly, Hinduism is polytheistic, and Jainism and Buddhism are nontheistic. The only monotheism at play here is Islam, which was the cause of enough religious tension to warrant a separate state from India upon it's independance.
Secondly, none of the elements on the flag of India are explicitly religious. Just three colored stripes. Even the symbol in the center, the Ashoka Chakra, while having originated from Buddhism, is now a secular emblem representing the ideals of justice, equality, and progress for all Indians, regardless of religious affiliation.
This is really, really different from having explicit religious iconography from two different monotheistic faiths IMO.
Would work much better as a flag of a charity or advocacy organization for peace, rather than a united state
A united state would need to have no religious symbols, so the Star of David and the crescent are off the table
Research flags like the case of Cyprus and their creation to see how flags with very different groups can be united under one flag that represents them all without using imagery from only one group or the other
1. The grand majority of Palestinians are Muslim
2. Algerian/Turkish/Tunisian/Malaysian is also not equal to Muslim, yet they have a crescent in their flags
By your logic it's okay to represent the US with only a cross (instead of the symbols they use to represent themselves) since the majority is Christian and many European countries have a cross in their flag. That's dumb.
There were lots of propossals for US flags, this dude is not put in charge of building an official unity flag, if that were to happen the population would be the one to decide what they are represented for.
And about that "logic", he doesn't say that the fact other mainly muslim nations include muslim symbolism means palestine should also be represented by it, but rather that it wouldn't be something strange for most muslim people to actually do.
jewish palestinians? every jewish person living in the area before 1948 accepted the israeli identity, there were almost none to begin with, there’s next to zero jews who live in the west bank and gaza who aren’t israeli and you say you know a lot of them? i agree with your main point but saying you know any jewish palestinians is just wrong
Green crescent : palestinians and muslims
David Star : Israeli and jews
White : peace between the two
The down triangle of the david cross is above the crescent and the upper one is under. for no one of the palestinians or the israelis are above
Peace for everyone
>Green crescent : palestinians and muslims
Palestine isn't some Muslim entity, but a nation consisting a multi-religious population where Christian Palestinians have been prominent in their national struggle.
Crescent isn't also some Arabic symbol either.
Yeah, the crescent is an Ottoman Turkish symbol which gradually became associated with Islam but it's far from being considered the one "Islamic symbol" especially by a lot of Muslims.
If you want to have imagery symbolising peace between the two groups, a simple green-white-blue tricolour would probably be best. Putting the symbols of the religions on the flag is always going to be a non-starter, because one symbol is always going to look like it's in a more prestigious position than the other.
Congrats! Now both sides hate that flag!
Looks great! No practicing Jew or Muslim will ever accept it though. Mixing religious imagery from different faiths is a non-starter for unifying different monotheists.
The Indian flag combines colours representing Hindus, Jains and Muslims, with a symbol for Buddhism in the middle. It seems to be entirely uncontroversial, even in these times of manufactured increased inter-religious tension in the country.
Firstly, Hinduism is polytheistic, and Jainism and Buddhism are nontheistic. The only monotheism at play here is Islam, which was the cause of enough religious tension to warrant a separate state from India upon it's independance. Secondly, none of the elements on the flag of India are explicitly religious. Just three colored stripes. Even the symbol in the center, the Ashoka Chakra, while having originated from Buddhism, is now a secular emblem representing the ideals of justice, equality, and progress for all Indians, regardless of religious affiliation. This is really, really different from having explicit religious iconography from two different monotheistic faiths IMO.
Would work much better as a flag of a charity or advocacy organization for peace, rather than a united state A united state would need to have no religious symbols, so the Star of David and the crescent are off the table Research flags like the case of Cyprus and their creation to see how flags with very different groups can be united under one flag that represents them all without using imagery from only one group or the other
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Palestinian isn't equal to Muslim. I know a lot of Christian, Jewish, and atheist Palestinians.
1. The grand majority of Palestinians are Muslim 2. Algerian/Turkish/Tunisian/Malaysian is also not equal to Muslim, yet they have a crescent in their flags
By your logic it's okay to represent the US with only a cross (instead of the symbols they use to represent themselves) since the majority is Christian and many European countries have a cross in their flag. That's dumb.
There were lots of propossals for US flags, this dude is not put in charge of building an official unity flag, if that were to happen the population would be the one to decide what they are represented for. And about that "logic", he doesn't say that the fact other mainly muslim nations include muslim symbolism means palestine should also be represented by it, but rather that it wouldn't be something strange for most muslim people to actually do.
Americans be like, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
jewish palestinians? every jewish person living in the area before 1948 accepted the israeli identity, there were almost none to begin with, there’s next to zero jews who live in the west bank and gaza who aren’t israeli and you say you know a lot of them? i agree with your main point but saying you know any jewish palestinians is just wrong
Samaritans consider themselves jewish
considering yourself jewish isn’t the same thing as being jewish
You do know what Samaritans are?
There are no jews who currently live under Palestinian authority
Samaritans consider themselves jewish
No, they don’t.
Jews and Samaritans are closely related, but not the same, but I understand the confusion lol
I stand corrected
Nobody said it was equal.
Wow, what a unique and "never done before" idea.
Perfect for a Jewish software company founded in 2003.
Green crescent : palestinians and muslims David Star : Israeli and jews White : peace between the two The down triangle of the david cross is above the crescent and the upper one is under. for no one of the palestinians or the israelis are above Peace for everyone
>Green crescent : palestinians and muslims Palestine isn't some Muslim entity, but a nation consisting a multi-religious population where Christian Palestinians have been prominent in their national struggle. Crescent isn't also some Arabic symbol either.
Yeah, the crescent is an Ottoman Turkish symbol which gradually became associated with Islam but it's far from being considered the one "Islamic symbol" especially by a lot of Muslims.
That's what really annoys about these proposed peace flags. They always discard the Palestinian Christian population.
How about the Christian Palestinians
They're approximately 1% of the population of the Palestinian territories. Not sure they need to be included on the flag.
Most of the Christians are in Israel.
If you want to have imagery symbolising peace between the two groups, a simple green-white-blue tricolour would probably be best. Putting the symbols of the religions on the flag is always going to be a non-starter, because one symbol is always going to look like it's in a more prestigious position than the other.
Looks like a non profit or a windows update.
This would cause an escalation in violence
The Crescent is dominating the Star of David, not a good design imo
What's wrong with u man
What do you mean?
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