[wildandcrazyrussian]

The black flags go back all the way in Muslim history, when there was a slogan "If you see an army with black flags coming forth from Khorasan [present-day Afghanistan], follow them all the way to Jerusalem".

Personally, when I hear "Black Flag" I think of that brand of bug spray (which if you lived in south Florida you would know what I'm talking about), and I would like to use some bug spray on these al-Qaedic bugs.

An interesting factoid is that people who wear black turbans are entitled to do so because they are "descendants of the Prophet Mohammed". Now, considering that

the false-prophet Mohammed had 11 wives at any given time (and I have seen a list of 23 women he was married to in toto) inluding the little 6-year-old girl Alyesha;

AND that he owned 28 slaves, 17 of whom were women;

AND that he also probably had a number of concubines;

AND that he was not above raping other women and was well-known for his energy;

..... I am surprised that we don't see all 1,000,000,000 Muslims wearing black turbans.