Mystery flag - any ideas?

@Fleura (30342)
United Kingdom
January 18, 2021 4:20am CST
Does anyone know what this flag means/stands for? It is flying on an ordinary house and I pass it every time I cycle to town. Finally the other day I managed to remember to take a photo. Unfortunately it wasn’t very breezy so it wasn’t flying well enough to read/see much of it, but maybe enough for someone who knows it to recognise? I’ve tried Googling but haven’t found anything similar yet. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2021.
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Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
18 Jan 21
The text is in Arabic script in silver on black so it's likely to be a quotation from the Q'ran. Someone here with a knowledge of Arabic will, doubtless, be able to read the few words which are visible and identify it. The style of the script is NOT the same as that on Jihadist flags (which are also black with white script), so I very much doubt that the owner is anything other than a law-abiding Muslim!
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Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
18 Jan 21
@Fleura I would take my courage in both hands and knock on the door. Say that you admire their beautiful flag and ask them what it says and why they hoist it. Remember, strangers are friends you haven't met yet!
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Fleur
@Fleura (30342)
• United Kingdom
18 Jan 21
No it definitely isn't any of the extremist groups, or any national flag either. I'm still curious though.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (69304)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jan 21
Someone's personal design. Have you asked the owners?
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Fleur
@Fleura (30342)
• United Kingdom
18 Jan 21
No, it isn't anyone I know and I don't really want to knock on the door of random total strangers. I am curious though.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (69304)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jan 21
@Fleura Okay then. Looks kind of pretty, but as you said, it's hard to tell with it folded up like that. Maybe a sports team?
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Fleur
@Fleura (30342)
• United Kingdom
18 Jan 21
@kaylachan my best guess is a verse from the Koran or something like that but I can't read Arabic.
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
19 Jan 21
Can't read much there. I don't know about other Muslim, maybe their customs are different. But I don't display Quran on a flag. Also, that looks like some sort of prayer. It's common to display one in a house here however.
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
19 Jan 21
@Fleura yes, usually we display like this here.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30342)
• United Kingdom
19 Jan 21
@prinzcy Oh I see - very nice! And meaningful too, of course.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30342)
• United Kingdom
19 Jan 21
To display a prayer you mean? I wondered if it might be something like that.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471294)
• Switzerland
18 Jan 21
As this is Arabic, in my opinion is a text from the Quran. May be a religious Muslim family lives there.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Jan 21
The writing looks Arabic.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30342)
• United Kingdom
18 Jan 21
It does, doesn't it. Unfortunately I don't read Arabic.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317040)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Jan 21
@Fleura I don't either.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339496)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jan 21
You've had some good suggestions here. I guess I'd be a bit hesitant about knocking on the door too.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50188)
• United States
23 Jan 21
I haven’t a clue.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30342)
• United Kingdom
23 Jan 21
I haven't managed to find out yet.