Saudi Arabia to mark Flag Day annually on March 11
The announcement was made by SPA citing a royal order
Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued a royal decree designating March 11 as a National Flag Day to be celebrated across the Kingdom, state-run press agency SPA has announced.
The Flag Day will be marked annually as a national occasion where Saudi flags will be hoisted across the Kingdom by citizens and residents to mark the anniversary of endorsing the flag, in its current shape, by King Abdulaziz, the first King and founder of modern Saudi Arabia.
The move is “based on the value of the national flag throughout the history of the Saudi Kingdom since its establishment in1727, which symbolises the certificate of monotheism in the middle of it and the message of peace and Islam on which this blessed state was founded, the decree said.
The flag of the Kingdom is the flag used by the government of Saudi Arabia since March 11, 1937 upon an order by King Abdulaziz, the founder of the Kingdom.
It is a green flag featuring in white an Arabic inscription and a sword. The inscription is the Islamic creed, or shahada says: "There is no God but Allah, Mohammad is the Messenger of God".
The flag is a testament to the campaigns waged by the Saudi state to unify the country, the decree said. It is a banner of glory, monotheism, justice, strength, development and prosperity, it added.