Some elements of Sharia law were re-introduced, and the ritual phrase " Allahu Akbar " (" God is great "), in Saddam's handwriting, was added to the national flag.

On the disc the words " Allahu Akbar " ( Arabic for " God is great ") are written in Arabic calligraphy.

It may only be performed in congregation ( Jama ’ at ) and has an additional extra six Takbirs ( raising of the hands to the ears while saying " Allahu Akbar " is Great ), three of them in the beginning of the first raka ' ah and three of them just before ruku ' in the second raka ' ah in the Hanafi school.

In the Islamic world, instead of applause, often someone will shout " takbir " and the crowd will respond " Allahu Akbar " in response.

Allahu Akbar!

Shout, ' Allahu Akbar ,' because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers.

When in March 2002 Maryam Mohammad Yousif Farhat of Hamas, popularized as " Umm Nidal " ( and subsequently elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council ), learned that her 17-year-old son had been killed on a suicide mission in which he killed five teenagers, she celebrated by proclaiming " Allahu Akbar!

In 2003, when Imam Samudra became the second Bali bomber from a violent Islamist group to be sentenced to death for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, Samudra greeted his sentence with chants of " Allahu Akbar ".

In 2004, in an execution video of Nick Berg being beheaded in Iraq, as one man sawed off Berg's head the other captors shouted: " Allahu Akbar !".

And Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad smiled and said " Allahu Akbar " after receiving a life sentence in 2010 for his attempted bombing.

During the incident aboard American Airlines Flight 1561, the person attempting to bash his way into the cockpit was heard shouting " Allahu Akbar ".

Mohammed Merah recorded himself shouting Allahu Akbar as he killed three French paratroopers in the 2012 Midi-Pyrénées shootings.

The phrase " Allahu Akbar " is written on the center of the flag of Iraq, 22 times along the borders of the central white stripe on the flag of Iran, and beneath the Shahadah in the flag of Afghanistan in white script on the central red background as determined by the 2004 draft constitution.

During the Persian Gulf war in January 1991, Saddam Hussein held a meeting with top military commanders, where it was decided to add the words Allahu Akbar ( described as the Islamic battle cry ) to Iraq's flag to boost his secular regime's religious credentials, casting himself as the leader of an Islamic army.

In 2004, Iraq's U. S .- picked Governing Council approved a new flag for Iraq that abandoned symbols of Hussein's regime, such as the words Allahu Akbar.

In January 2008, however, Iraq's parliament passed a law to change the flag by leaving in the phrase, but changing the calligraphy of the words Allahu Akbar, which had been a copy of Saddam's handwriting, to a Kufic script.

The phrase Allahu Akbar is written on the Iranian flag, as called for by Article 18 of Iran's constitution.

The Afghan constitution that came into force on January 4, 2004, required that Allahu Akbar be inscribed on Afghanistan's national flag.

A resistance movement in Waziristan, Pakistan, that fought the British during the 1930s had a red flag, with Allahu Akbar written on it in white letters.

A struggle ensued and the former sultan was cut down and murdered, his last words apparently being " Allahu Akbar " (" God is great ").

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Written in white on the inner edges of the green and red bands is the repeated phrase Allahu Akbar (" God is great ") in a stylized version of the Kufic script used for the Qur ' an.

Three horizontal bands of green ( top ), white, and red ; the national emblem ( a stylized representation of the word Allah in the shape of a tulip, a symbol of martyrdom ) in red is centered in the white band ; Allahu Akbar ( God is great ) in white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band ; green is the color of Islam and also represents growth, white symbolizes honesty and peace, red stands for bravery and martyrdom

A further change to the flag following the revolution was the addition of writing to the inner edges of the green and red bands reading, " Allahu Akbar " in a stylized version of the Kufic script used for the Qur ' an.

There were no such examples of burning the current Iraqi national flags, even by political opponents, as both contain the words Allahu Akbar, so that would be seen as a religious insult.

" Allahu Akbar " (; meaning " God is Greatest ," or " God is Great ") was the national anthem of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 2 March 1977 to 20 October 2011.

" Allahu Akbar " was originally an Egyptian military marching song which became popular in Egypt and Syria during the Suez Canal War of 1956.

He is revered as a hero and martyr in Kabylie and the Berber World but reviled by most of the Arab population in Algeria for his atheism and the alleged blasphemy of some songs ( like Allahu Akbar ) along with his militant advocacy of Berber rights, so he was unpopular among both warring parties during Algerian Civil War.

He was of Arab origin * and comes of the descendants of Hazrat Jafar Tayyar Radi allahu anhu Bin Hazrat Abi Talib Radi Allahu anhu.

He was reciting " Allahu Akber " until the last moment.

The beads are traditionally used to keep count while saying the prayer known as Tasbih of Fatima, which was a form of prayer offered as a gift by the Prophet Muhammad to his daughter Fatima, which is recited as follows: 33 times " Subhan Allah " ( Glory be to God ), 33 times " Al-hamdu lilah " ( Praise be to God ), and 33 times " Allahu Akbar " ( God is the greatest ).

A U. S. law enforcement official says the shooter shouted " Allahu Akbar ", or " God is Great " in Arabic, as he opened fire.

" Allahu Akbar " replaced the previous national anthem " Libya, Libya, Libya ", which had been used by the Kingdom of Libya since its independence in 1951.

When the Libyan Arab Republic became the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 2 March 1977, " Allahu Akbar " remained the national anthem of Libya.

* Allahu Akbar ( anthem ), the national anthem of Libya from 1969 to 2011

When mentioning sahaba ( the companions of Muhammad ), radhi Allahu anhu ( for males ) and radhi Allahu anha ( for females ) are used by Sunnis ; they mean may God be pleased with him or her respectively.

" Allahu Akbar " is a song written by Lounès Matoub.

* " Allahu Akbar " ( Matoub ), a song written by Lounès Matoub

Lā ilāha illà l-Lāh wal-Lāhu akbar, Allahu akbar walil-Lāhi l-ḥamd.

* 1978 – Mir Akbar Khyber was assassinated, provoking a communist coup d ' état in Afghanistan.

Abadeh airport ( OISA ) was planned to be built in Akbar Hashemi Rafsenjani's presidential period.

The city was conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1559.

Magazine, the city's Museum, was once the residence of Prince Salīm, the son of the Emperor Akbar, and presently houses a collection of Mughal and Rajput armour and sculpture.

Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, was assassinated by Saad Akbar, a lone assassin, in 1951.

He was introduced to Marxism by Mir Akbar Khyber during his imprisonment for activities deemed too radical by the government.

His grandson Akbar was enthroned at the age of fourteen when Humayun died in 1556.

But it was the Mughal Emperor Akbar who mass produced matchlocks in the Mughal Army.

As disillusionment set in, in 1978 a prominent member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ), Mir Akbar Khyber ( or " Kaibar "), was killed by the government.

The famous emperor Akbar, who was the grandson of Babar, tried to establish a good relationship with the Hindus.

Akbar the Great was particularly famed for this.

Subsequently, in a very short time, Humayun was able to expand the Empire further, leaving a substantial legacy for his son, Akbar.

Ali Akbar Khan's 1955 performance in the United States was perhaps the beginning of this trend.

A strong wing of the revolutionary leadership was made up of leftists or " radical populists ", such as Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur.

Babur had chosen the site for this city and was built by his grandson Jalal-uddin Mohammad Akbar in 1570.

Jahangir was the eldest son of Mughal Emperor Akbar and was declared successor to his father from an early age.

Impatient for power, however, he revolted in 1599 while Akbar was engaged in the Deccan.

In 1600, when Akbar was away from the capital on an expedition, Salim broke into an open rebellion, and declared himself Emperor.

There was a time when Akbar thought of putting his eldest grandson Khusrau Mirza on the throne instead of Salim.

Jahangir's rule was characterized by the same religious tolerance as his father Akbar, with the exception of his hostility with the Sikhs, which was forged so early on in his rule.

During his reign, there was a significant increase in the size of the Mughal Empire, half a dozen rebellions were crushed, prisoners of war were released, and the work of his father, Akbar, continued to flourish.

In the year 1594 Jahangir's was dispatched by his father the Mughal Emperor Akbar, alongside Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan and Abu ' l-Fazl ibn Mubarak to defeat the renegade Vir Singh Deo of Bandela and capture the city of Orchha, which was considered the center of the revolt.