Sent: 16.11.2016
Received 05.12.2016
Travel time 19 days
Sender Sefri Elmustafa from Morocco.
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wiki:
Red has considerable historic significance in Morocco,
proclaiming the descent from royal Alaouite dynasty. This ruling house was
associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad via Fatimah, the wife of Ali, the
fourth Muslim Caliph. Red is also the color that was used by the sharifs of
Mecca and the imams of Yemen. From the 17th century on, when Morocco was ruled
by the Alaouite dynasty, the flags of the country were plain red. In 1915,
during the reign of Mulay Yusef, the green interlaced pentangle was added to
the national flag, and it stands for Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom, and Justice.
While Morocco was under French and Spanish control, the red flag with the seal
in the center remained in use, but only inland. Its use at sea was prohibited.
When independence was restored in 1956, it once again became the national flag.
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