Editing Hamas (section)

== Symbols ==
[[File:25th anniversary of Hamas (08).jpg|thumb|Hamas flags at the 25th anniversary rally in 2012]]

The flag of Hamas is a green field ([[Green in Islam|a traditionally respected color in Islam]]) charged in the middle with the writing of the ''[[Shahada]]'', an Islamic statement of faith, in white calligraphic script: "There is no god but [[God in Islam|God]]" and "[[Muhammad]] is the messenger of God".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marshall |first=Tim |title=A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols |publisher=Scribner |pages=148 |author-link=Tim Marshall (journalist)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Jenna |title=Stop mixing up the Islamic flags: A guide for lazy journalists |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/12/islamic-isis-flags-black-banners-hamas/ |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}}</ref>

The emblems of their political<ref name="wwr8z0">{{Cite web|url=https://aja.me/wrr8z0|title=حركة حماس.. مقاومة للاحتلال انطلقت مع انتفاضة الحجارة &#124; الموسوعة &#124; الجزيرة نت}}</ref><ref name="npr20070619">{{Cite news |last=Bullock |first=Tom |date=19 June 2007 |title=Q&A: Hamas and Fatah |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2007/06/19/10390803/q-a-hamas-and-fatah }}</ref> and military wings are distinctly different.<ref name="militant logo" >{{cite web| title= Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) | date= 18 December 2023 | url= https://aja.me/fv6c2t | publisher= [[Al Jazeera Arabic]] | quote= (image caption) {{langx|ar| شعار كتائب عز الدين القسام الجناح العسكري لحركة المقاومة الإسلامية حماس (الجزيرة) || Logo of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). }} | archive-url= https://archive.today/20240920044737/https://www.aljazeera.net/encyclopedia/2014/2/10/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%B9%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85 | archive-date= 20 September 2024 | access-date= 20 September 2024 }}</ref><ref name="toi logo" /><ref name="קסאם" /> The emblem of Hamas' political wing features Islamic and militaristic motifs. It shows two crossed swords in front of the [[Dome of the rock|central building]] of the [[Al-Aqsa]] mosque complex, in Jerusalem. The mosque is framed by two Palestinian flags that feature the two statements that comprise the ''Shahada''.<ref name="npr20070619"/><ref name="wwr8z0"/> Above Al Aqsa is a map of Palestine, matching the borders of [[Mandatory Palestine]]. Immediately below the Dome it reads "Palestine" and below that in the green banner: "Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lybarger |first=Loren |date=23 December 2017 |title=Other Jerusalem Realities: The "City of Prayer" in Palestinian Nationalist Imaginaries |url=https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-currents/jerusalem-palestinian-imaginaries/ |access-date=12 November 2023 |website=Contending Modernities}}</ref> The emblem of their [[Al-Qassam Brigades]] militant wing does not include a map or a Palestinian flag, the militant wing emblem is a cartoon drawing of a man holding an [[M16 rifle]] and a [[Quran]], with his face mostly covered by a black and white [[Palestinian keffiyeh]].<ref name="Qassam logo" /><ref name="toi logo" /><ref name="קסאם" >{{cite news | title= הופל אתר עז א-דין אל קסאם, דף הפייסבוק שלהם הוסר | url= https://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/net/2014-07-17/ty-article/0000017f-e36c-d804-ad7f-f3fed4890000 | access-date= 20 September 2024 | work= [[Haaretz]] (Hebrew edition) | date= 17 July 2014 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20240920083929/https://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/net/2014-07-17/ty-article/0000017f-e36c-d804-ad7f-f3fed4890000 | archive-date= 20 September 2024 }}</ref> He is standing in front of a green flag and the [[Dome of the rock|golden dome]] of the [[Al-Aqsa]] mosque, but the building is more stylised than it is in the political wing emblem.<ref name="militant logo" /><ref name="toi logo" >{{cite news| title= ar: حماس قد توجه هجمات ضخمة من داخل قطاع غزة | date= 13 December 2015 | work= [[Times of Israel]] (Arabic edition) | url= https://ar.timesofisrael.com/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D9%82%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B6%D8%AE%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9/ | quote= (image caption) The logo of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas... }}</ref><ref name="קסאם" />