The flag of Saudi Arabia (1932, based on a 1921 variant), the shahada and a sword on a green field The flag of Iran (1980), a highly stylized emblem representing the word Allah The flag of Afghanistan (2013, in variants since 1928) shows the national emblem, depicting a mosque with a mihrab with a prayer mat inside below the shahada The flag of Afghanistan under the Taliban government (1996-2001) The flag of Pakistan, a star-and-crescent on green which represent Islam[31] The flag of Mauritania (2017, variants since 1959), star-and-crescent on green The flag of Yemen (1990), in spite of the constitutional definition of Yemen as an Islamic state implementing the sharia, does not include religious symbolism.