Religious Banners

kombizz

I took this image in city of Qom (or the vatican of Islamic studies).

Chrissiebeez_NL

what do they say?

and if i may ask: why so much green? any particular reason?

curious about the background

Nikolai

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:

what do they say?

and if i may ask: why so much green? any particular reason?

curious about the background

AFAIK, Green is DA color of islam

Chrissiebeez_NL

ahhhh.... that explains..

any idea why that is?

Awais Yaqub

It just became color representing Islam. Like in Pakistani flag green represents Muslims and white color represents minorities.
On the other hand Muslims wear white cloth in Hajj largest muslim gathering.
According to my knowledge Muhammad PBUH never emphazised on green color but he use to wear white colored cloths and turban.

The color of dome at Muhammad's grave is green this is main reason you will find lots of green mosques etc in countries at our region of world.

Chrissiebeez_NL

thanks for the explaination awais!

i'm always curious what is the reason behind things but sometimes feel stupid asking

Icebear

Not stupid at all
If more of us were genuinely curious about others' cultures, we'd have a much more peaceful world. Photography can calm or incite. It's too bad, but it seems like for the last few years, it has been used more (by people with their own agendas) to incite religious intolerance than to evoke curiosity about the cultures and traditions of other peoples.

Nikolai

Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:

thanks for the explaination awais!

more on this from Wiki:

wiki wrote:

Islam, for example, venerates the color, as it expects paradise to be full of lush greenery. Culturally, it is also associated with growth, regeneration, fertility and rebirth for its connections to nature.

IIRC from ny history books, the color of Mohammed [war] banners was green, too:-)

Awais Yaqub

Honestly speaking i never knew war banners were green
But these things are not fundamentals of Islam. All i know is about white color .

Nikolai

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Honestly speaking i never knew war banners were green
But these things are not fundamentals of Islam. All i know is about white color .

Colors are often rooted deep into nations history.
For instance, in ancient Russia (I mean "Russia" generally/geographically, 'cause at the time it was a whole mess of feodal city-states in constant war with each other, as well as with all possible external enemies from North, East, West and South), the color red was associated with beauty and power. Red was used for armor (shields), banners, shoes, dresses.. Interesting enough, the old word for "beautiful" was exactly and literally "red" (krasnyj, красный), and even in today language all the words that are associated with beauty share the same "root", which comes from the color "red".
In the interest of avoiding possible misunderstanding, this ancient russian red has absolutely nothing in common with so called "communist red", which seem to be originated in France during the French Revolution and was associated with blood.
Amazing how history works...