Mecca and Medina, two of the most-holiest shrines of Islam, and both are in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of the faith. Mecca is where the Prophet Muhammad received the word of Allah, and Medina is the place where the Prophet died in A.D. 632. Saudi Arabia then becomes the keeper of Islam's two sacred cities and the king is given the official title as Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
Abd Al-Aziz bin Abd al-Rahman Al Saud (Ibn Saud) waged a 30year campaign to unify most of the Arabian Peninsula and founded the modern state of Saudi Arabia in 1932. To this day, a son Ibn Saud Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz rules the country as required by the country's 1992 Basic Law.
Since 1973, the government had used the official
Flag of Saudi Arabia, which is entirely green with white Arabic inscription and a sword. Written on the flag is the Thuluth script, a shahadah or Islamic declaration of faith: "la ilaha ill allah muhammadun rasul allah" (there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his Messenger), and a sword underlines it symbolizing the importance of the inscription.
Although
custom green flags with Arabic scripts are quite popular in Islam, it does not bear the symbol sword and should not be confused with the Saudi Arabian National Flag.
Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East and occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula, but sadly 95% of the land is desert. Mountains run parallel to the Red Sea and slope down to the plains towards the Persian Gulf, but amidst this arid feature, oil is found abundant underneath. Oil production has made this desert kingdom one of the wealthiest nations in the world.
by:
The Flagman
