Saudi flag removed from pubs' World Cup bunting
A brewery is removing the Saudi Arabia flag from World Cup bunting from hundreds of its pubs after complaints it was inappropriate to display it where alcohol is sold.
The Saudi flag carries the Shahadah - the Muslim profession of faith.
Greene King said "feedback" from "some customers in London" alerted them it was "inappropriate" to keep the flag among those from all competing nations.
It added the removal "was not a comment on any nation".
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Bury St Edmunds-based Greene King owns 3,000 pubs, restaurants and hotels across the UK and about 1,800 of them are managed houses and hundreds of them have put up the bunting.
Reports say staff are now having to cut out all the individual Saudi Arabia flags from the bunting in each pub.
A translation of the Shahadah is "there is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger".
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-44356232
It is not up to the rest of the world to tiptoe round Islam.
If they are sensitive about their religion then they should use an alternative flag for representing their nation at international events.