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OCR: Early Moslem flags had inscriptions, usually quotations from the Quran, unlike the heraldic Christian flags of the same era. The quotations were thought to be powerful invocations of help in cntical situations, and are still used for this purpose today The quotations used today are the shahada, the statement of faith In Arabic this is La illah 'Mahu wa Muhammed Rasula 'Wilahi ( There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is the Prophet of * Allah'). This appears on the flags of Afghanistan and of Saudi Arabia. The other inscription, used on the flags of Buddhism . Christianity . Hinduism . Islam . Judaism Religion