Posted on 08/19/2004 8:38:15 PM PDT by AKA Elena
Across the freeway from me, on a diagonal, but unobstructed to my view hangs (or flies, dependant on weather) a black pennant, with some kind of reflective device on the top of the pole.
I have been bothered by this display of whatever for several months ... probably since the persons who live there started to sell cars, bought at auction, (somewhat of a supposition, but the local Mosque is located just a few doors down from the auction lot in town and I have seen a couple of the cars with "for sale" signs on them over on that street in the past) from that house.
The flag or pennant (it is triangular) is in the center of the rear of the house and is not visible from the street, could be visible from the freeway (I've never noticed it) but is visible to me.
Since the family there is of some Arabic decent and dress accordingly, I am curious as to what the meaning of that pennant is, if anything at all.
I have searched the net for possible meaning and there are literally thousands of pages to go through when I put in the parameters of Islam, Muslim, black pennant or several others I have tried.
Perhaps some FReeper is more into banners and flags than I and can give me some meaning (I repeat, if any) for this display.
Maybe they're Raiders fans.
Take a picture and post it on here...
A plain, unadorned black flag is often used by Shia Muslims. The Shia wave it as a sign of mourning. They might do so at any time, but they hang out black flags especially during Ashura (which is not at the moment.)
You might drop by the house, and introduce yourself as a neighbour. If the conversation goes ok, you could ask them about their flag.
Black Flag??? Hey, isn't that some sort of bug spray?
It's the universal sign meaning "USAF DROP JDAM HERE".
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