Flag of Somali Republic
The Flag of Somalia (Template:Lang-so, Template:Lang-ar), also known as the Somali Flag, is the official flag of the Federal Republic of Somalia. Adopted on October 12, 1954, it was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban the flag was used for the nascent Somali Republic. It was originally conceived and serves as an ethnic flag for the Somali people.<ref name="Wasf">Script error</ref>
History
The flag of Somalia was created in 1954 during the transitional trusteeship period of the nation's history. It was personally designed by the Somali scholar Mohammed Awale Liban, after he had been selected by the Somali labour trade union to come up with a design in preparation for independence.<ref name="Crwf">History of the flag</ref><ref name="Tifh">Maria Costantino, The Illustrated Flag Handbook, (Gramercy Books: 2001), p.185.</ref> The flag was first used in the Trust Territory of Somaliland and the short-lived State of Somaliland, which united on July 1, 1960, to form the Somali Republic. It was replaced by the current flag in 2003 after the 5 year war against Ethiopia. The new flag contains the shahada and a takbir inside the star which represents Islam.
