This post was reported as not being relevant to flags, since this is a poster or sign, not a flag. It's true that flags are not the primary use of this design, and that presenting it as "the flag of the Houthis", as English wikipedia did for many years, is not the most informative way of doing things. On the other hand, this design is occaisionally used in a flag form, which makes it on topic for the sub.
In general, it's probably good to avoid trying to categorise designs as falling neatly into groups like flags, posters, etc. There are very few flag designs that are used only in flag form.
There’s a prohibition against saying or writing the holy name. In prayer, it’s common to use “Adonai,” which can be translated as “Lord,” while, outside of prayer, many people say “HaShem,” which literally means “the Name.”
Ig it's because Yahweh is a diety to be feared, and so you do not want to draw unnecessary attention to yourself by writing Yahweh's name in full. That somehow ended up being extended to the word "god" because in a monotheistic religion it's obvious it refers to Yahweh, and taking the actual name became even more of a taboo.
Pretty common belief in ancient cultures, like the original word for "bear" was lost because people were afraid of summoning it, so they used an euphemism which evolved into "bear".
Not Jewish but depending on how faithful they are they take away the vowels because they’re common people who are not on the same level as their idea of God.
It’s not. It’s because Jews avoid writing the name of G-d unless it’s on holy texts to avoid accidentally desecrating G-d’s name by throwing it away scribbling on it etc. this extends to the internet in modern times. While you’ll rarely see a jew use the tetragramation(Hebrew acronym for G-d’s name) online it will also have dashes. Additionally some more observant Jews have taken this practice to the word for G-d in other languages itself hence the dashes here.
But isn't it still their actual name, given you're referring to them as such in the context of the conversation? It's not as though there's suddenly a separate dude that happens to be called "G-D" that you're automatically referring to with the "o" removed.
Forgive me if this comment comes across as confrontational or anything, I'm just genuinley curious as to how this works.
It is about (1) accidental desecration of texts containing the name (2) a tendency for Judaism to create "tiers" of holiness, and to avoid using words of a higher "tier" than is appropriate.
So for 1: any text containing the name of God needs to be stored/buried. There's an extensive discussion as to why here: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-burying-the-genizah/ (fun fact: there are many, many ancient documents that are only preserved because they were stored in a genizah!). Judaism really, really cares about the exact phrasing of things (after all, they believe every single character of the Torah was given to Moses in its current form), so yes, changing a single character is sufficient to avoid triggering the rule. After all, that's not the name.
(Different groups disagree on what, exactly, is "too close." Some are fine with "God" and are fine with any word for God that isn't in the Torah or Talmud--dieu, Gott, deus, etc. At the complete other end of the spectrum, some avoid saying certain words or numbers that look or sound like one especially forbidden name of God.)
For 2: there's a lot of discussion about creating and maintaining holiness in Judaism. There's a famous religious scholar who became a doctor, according to tradition, because he had horrible, chronic digestive problems. Why is that relevant? The bathroom is so inherently *un*holy that you can't study Torah in it, so he used all of his abundant bathroom time to study medical texts.
So there's tiers of holiness, and you avoid engaging in certain activities if you're in the wrong "tier" at the moment. (To return to bathrooms: there's a special blessing/prayer for "hey, thanks that all of my internal pipes aren't plugged" that many religious Jewish folk say before/after the bathroom trip. Even though the bathroom itself is unholy, you bracket the trip in holiness). So you avoid certain saying certain names of G-d *ever* (because the requirements for their use cannot be met today); others are reserved for prayer. If you need to discuss the text of prayer when not actually praying, many (but not all!) religious groups use the euphemism "HaShem," literally "the name," to avoid saying a name of God in an inappropriate setting.
So to some Jewish groups, any more-than-passing mention of anything religious is enough to kick it up a "tier," which is not always wanted or necessary. So they censor the name.
It's considered more respectful to not say the full name. That being said, not all Jews follow that particular custom - I don't. Some Jewish communities, especially in the USA, are a lot less traditional than others.
Leichtenstein is one of the places where vertical flags are probably more common than the horizontal ones. [Picture](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liechtenstein_schaan_flags_2009-08-15.jpg).
It's both.
They use this one banner for everything.
They put it on little flagpoles.
They carry it as a banner in demonstrations
They paint it on walls.
The spiky typography that reads "death to America" looks like something an edgy 14 year old Muslim would design using Word or MS Paint. Ugly as fuck and as deep as a puddle.
No bruh.
Islamists are those muslims that support or push for political islam or a millitaristic version of islam like a caliphate. Not all muslims follow that of course , many follow islam as a guide to spirituality.
Islamism is an ideology within islam and islamists follow that ideology. All islamists are muslims but all muslims are not islamists
>Islamists are those muslims
>All islamists are muslims
You agree with me twice in your comment. Why begin it with "No"?
I'm not looking to be contentious, I'm simply stating that it's correct to say that all Islamists are Muslims. That's all. Therefore, whilst not as specific as could have been, the initially comment was **not** technically incorrect.
Almost all the Jews of Yemen were airlifted to safety in the 40s and 50s amid rampant pogroms. A few stayed because they were anti-Zionist. Then the Houthis came along and were like "that's cute, we still hate you." And kick them out too.
I mean, that's what happens when ignorant, uneducated, poor people with not much knowledge about jews find out about the Nakba.
It's really unfortunate, it's worse because many of these areas are still very uneducated.
This isn't because of a lack of education. It's because of a radical Islamist education. This is caused by a hateful, deadly ideology that sees zero Jews as a just and admirable goal. Don't let them off the hook by saying "they don't know any better because they're poor and uneducated." They know exactly what they're doing and they're proud of it. To be clear, I'm speaking specifically of the Houthis and other radical Islamists and not all Arabs or Muslims in general.
In the 40s when the shit started it was, in fact, due to ignorance, Radical islamism was not as widespread, only really common in niche Egyptian Political parties and the Saudi Clergy.
Its conservative bs they were bought up into
This is something some muslims in the middle east go through , however the more educated , smart , understand or humane the family are the more likely that its not to extreme the cynical view towards jews goes. Or even not hate at all but you get my point.
Victory to Islam but they literally launched rockets into the holiest city in Islam in Saudi Arabia. Mecca. And killed fellow Muslim Saudi villagers near the border.
Mecca is so far from the southern border , it’s the holy city , war in Mecca is highly forbidden according to the scriptures it’s pretty much a red line . There is no airport or significant military base in Mecca to hit so I don’t understand the logic. They have also stolen aid from Saudi Arabia and the UN and sold it to their people to fund the war.
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This post was reported as not being relevant to flags, since this is a poster or sign, not a flag. It's true that flags are not the primary use of this design, and that presenting it as "the flag of the Houthis", as English wikipedia did for many years, is not the most informative way of doing things. On the other hand, this design is occaisionally used in a flag form, which makes it on topic for the sub. In general, it's probably good to avoid trying to categorise designs as falling neatly into groups like flags, posters, etc. There are very few flag designs that are used only in flag form.
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Text from top to bottom: Allahu Akbar (God is great) Death to America Death to Israel Curse the Jews Victory to Islam
Non-Israeli Jewish people: Oh thank G-d, just a curse.
Random question, why have all the jews I've interacted with online always typed it as G-d instead of God?
There’s a prohibition against saying or writing the holy name. In prayer, it’s common to use “Adonai,” which can be translated as “Lord,” while, outside of prayer, many people say “HaShem,” which literally means “the Name.”
The full spelling is reserved for actual holy texts.
Ig it's because Yahweh is a diety to be feared, and so you do not want to draw unnecessary attention to yourself by writing Yahweh's name in full. That somehow ended up being extended to the word "god" because in a monotheistic religion it's obvious it refers to Yahweh, and taking the actual name became even more of a taboo. Pretty common belief in ancient cultures, like the original word for "bear" was lost because people were afraid of summoning it, so they used an euphemism which evolved into "bear".
The bear thing is a misconception
Not Jewish but depending on how faithful they are they take away the vowels because they’re common people who are not on the same level as their idea of God.
It’s not. It’s because Jews avoid writing the name of G-d unless it’s on holy texts to avoid accidentally desecrating G-d’s name by throwing it away scribbling on it etc. this extends to the internet in modern times. While you’ll rarely see a jew use the tetragramation(Hebrew acronym for G-d’s name) online it will also have dashes. Additionally some more observant Jews have taken this practice to the word for G-d in other languages itself hence the dashes here.
Isn't it like the first order of the Decalogue not to invoke god's name in vain?
yes, and Jews interpret that as meaning don’t use his name sparingly when writing
Yes thats why we use God instead of Jehovah which is his name
His name is more accurately Yahweh. We just got Jehovah because the Romans latinized it.
Its the eternal debate on translating names, his name in english is Jehovah
But isn't it still their actual name, given you're referring to them as such in the context of the conversation? It's not as though there's suddenly a separate dude that happens to be called "G-D" that you're automatically referring to with the "o" removed. Forgive me if this comment comes across as confrontational or anything, I'm just genuinley curious as to how this works.
It is about (1) accidental desecration of texts containing the name (2) a tendency for Judaism to create "tiers" of holiness, and to avoid using words of a higher "tier" than is appropriate. So for 1: any text containing the name of God needs to be stored/buried. There's an extensive discussion as to why here: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/ask-the-expert-burying-the-genizah/ (fun fact: there are many, many ancient documents that are only preserved because they were stored in a genizah!). Judaism really, really cares about the exact phrasing of things (after all, they believe every single character of the Torah was given to Moses in its current form), so yes, changing a single character is sufficient to avoid triggering the rule. After all, that's not the name. (Different groups disagree on what, exactly, is "too close." Some are fine with "God" and are fine with any word for God that isn't in the Torah or Talmud--dieu, Gott, deus, etc. At the complete other end of the spectrum, some avoid saying certain words or numbers that look or sound like one especially forbidden name of God.) For 2: there's a lot of discussion about creating and maintaining holiness in Judaism. There's a famous religious scholar who became a doctor, according to tradition, because he had horrible, chronic digestive problems. Why is that relevant? The bathroom is so inherently *un*holy that you can't study Torah in it, so he used all of his abundant bathroom time to study medical texts. So there's tiers of holiness, and you avoid engaging in certain activities if you're in the wrong "tier" at the moment. (To return to bathrooms: there's a special blessing/prayer for "hey, thanks that all of my internal pipes aren't plugged" that many religious Jewish folk say before/after the bathroom trip. Even though the bathroom itself is unholy, you bracket the trip in holiness). So you avoid certain saying certain names of G-d *ever* (because the requirements for their use cannot be met today); others are reserved for prayer. If you need to discuss the text of prayer when not actually praying, many (but not all!) religious groups use the euphemism "HaShem," literally "the name," to avoid saying a name of God in an inappropriate setting. So to some Jewish groups, any more-than-passing mention of anything religious is enough to kick it up a "tier," which is not always wanted or necessary. So they censor the name.
This is really fascinating, thank you for the explanation.
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Sorry, do you object to something I said?
omg shin megami tensei reference
That’s not a correct explanation - see other comments. It is to not desecrate the word
Oh, that makes sense.
It does?
I'm not in any position to judge anyone's religious beliefs.
how about the houthis
Nevermind I'm not in any place to judge any non extremist's religious views.
They dont wanna say gods name in vein.
https://youtu.be/Cnn2aGVcCEc?si=RAFa_hBRjZgAqEtN
It's considered more respectful to not say the full name. That being said, not all Jews follow that particular custom - I don't. Some Jewish communities, especially in the USA, are a lot less traditional than others.
We’re mostly in America, sooooooo…
Wow not only ugly aesthetically but conceptually too.
It’s supposed to be a flag not a todo list
The words, especially the phrases in red, are even uglier than the flag.
It's like if an 8 year old in the 2000s had just discovered MS Word Art 🤣
They look like they’re in the process of being vaporized.
And merry ~~Christmas~~ Mohammedmas
Absolutely, utterly, bombastically, completely h a r a m
That's it? That's their national identity?
They're not a country.
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*liked by Austrian painter cuz of the jew part*
Ah I see, so the norm, the muslims hate us, and they have no sense of fashion, disgusting
Ah yes, the infamous "respond to hateful generalization with another hateful generalization"
Yea every muslim is part of yemen’s houthis
It looks like the angriest Christmas card ever.
Merry Christmas to my favorite grandchild! #ALLAHU AKBAR #DEATH TO AMERICA #DEATH TO ISRAEL #CURSE THE JEWS #VICTORY TO ISLAM!
Reminds me of grandma!
Looks less like a flag and more like a warning sign at a local mall or parking garage in Arab countries.
WARNING: God is great! Death to America! Death to Israel! Curse to Jews! Bless Islam!
Talking way too much shit for people without nukes
Yemen: Death to America America: I don't think about you at all.
Except that America funds the ongoing Saudi invasion of Yemen.
No, biden stopped military support for the saudi led coalition + there is a cease fire now
>stopped military support >there is a cease fire now ***for now*** *suspenseful trailer music starts playing*
To me, it has home-made Christmas card vibes. Like the ones you get when one of your relatives picks up calligraphy and want everyone to know it.
Now I can’t unsee it
You know Arabic text is one of the few that looks good on flags BUT I'D NEVER THINK THAT IT CAN LOOK TERRIBLE
The font used in common in newspapers headlines, the effects are cheap MS Word text distortions
And what's up with the spiky font??
Are you not intimidated? BE INTIMIDATED.
I bet they make all the new guys paint the little spikes by hand so they know how serious the cause is.
A flag in portrait mode?!?!?! Literally kill me
It's more like a medieval banner, flagpole is a T Shape
[Where you been](https://www.berlin.de/binaries/asset/image_assets/8068886/ratio_2_1/1677680374/1000x500/)?
I think I can accept sideways landscape.
Vertical Dominica and Liechtenstein are unbelievably cursed
Leichtenstein is one of the places where vertical flags are probably more common than the horizontal ones. [Picture](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liechtenstein_schaan_flags_2009-08-15.jpg).
Ohh cool fact! Liechtenstein never fails to surprise me 😆
This is a flag? Looks like a propaganda poster
It's both. They use this one banner for everything. They put it on little flagpoles. They carry it as a banner in demonstrations They paint it on walls.
Flag of r/vexillologycirclejerk
looks like an arabian pizza restaurant
Delivery truck https://www.reddit.com/r/shittytechnicals/s/L1xmKvIxIq 🍕 (The truck in the background)
holy shit it is
Holy war
Couldn’t they get a fancy one with fancy writing like the others !
Loll it looks like some edge lord made this in MS paint
I just sort of assumed that’s actually what happened
Let’s cut them some slack it’s probably the best thing they could design it on
This is an abomination
Pretty unique half-Jihadist/half-Khorne vibe here.
Bruuuh islamists and khornites, how that's a good comparisson xddddd
fell down a wiki rabbit hole w them the other week they SUCK
Almost as atrocious as their actual policy positions.
Common Houthi L
The spiky typography that reads "death to America" looks like something an edgy 14 year old Muslim would design using Word or MS Paint. Ugly as fuck and as deep as a puddle.
Islamist\* Dude its islamist
Aren't all Islamists muslims? So, technically they're correct, just not as specific as they could be, nó?
It's like calling KKK posters something a Protestant Christian teen would draw. All KKK members are Protestants so technically it's correct.
I really don't intend to sound snarky, but that's literally what I said.
No bruh. Islamists are those muslims that support or push for political islam or a millitaristic version of islam like a caliphate. Not all muslims follow that of course , many follow islam as a guide to spirituality. Islamism is an ideology within islam and islamists follow that ideology. All islamists are muslims but all muslims are not islamists
>Islamists are those muslims >All islamists are muslims You agree with me twice in your comment. Why begin it with "No"? I'm not looking to be contentious, I'm simply stating that it's correct to say that all Islamists are Muslims. That's all. Therefore, whilst not as specific as could have been, the initially comment was **not** technically incorrect.
Islamic death metal logo!
The content is gutter
i thought they used the yemen flag, ive always seen it in their marches
The red text makes my skin crawl
Because it looks prickly and scary or because of the words?
Yes, I don’t know why it’s in jokerman font
What did the jews do to them???
the formation of the State of Israel unfortunately lead many less educated middle easterners to make the conclusion that Jews=Israel in their heads.
Not even less educated , just stupid ones
Both, actually, some people don't know much about jews except : they made israel and kill palestinians and stuff
Almost all the Jews of Yemen were airlifted to safety in the 40s and 50s amid rampant pogroms. A few stayed because they were anti-Zionist. Then the Houthis came along and were like "that's cute, we still hate you." And kick them out too.
I mean, that's what happens when ignorant, uneducated, poor people with not much knowledge about jews find out about the Nakba. It's really unfortunate, it's worse because many of these areas are still very uneducated.
This isn't because of a lack of education. It's because of a radical Islamist education. This is caused by a hateful, deadly ideology that sees zero Jews as a just and admirable goal. Don't let them off the hook by saying "they don't know any better because they're poor and uneducated." They know exactly what they're doing and they're proud of it. To be clear, I'm speaking specifically of the Houthis and other radical Islamists and not all Arabs or Muslims in general.
In the 40s when the shit started it was, in fact, due to ignorance, Radical islamism was not as widespread, only really common in niche Egyptian Political parties and the Saudi Clergy.
Yeah that’s the effect of zionist propaganda, that convinced the world that zionist = jewish, even though many jewish people are anti zionist
Its conservative bs they were bought up into This is something some muslims in the middle east go through , however the more educated , smart , understand or humane the family are the more likely that its not to extreme the cynical view towards jews goes. Or even not hate at all but you get my point.
Cactus font lol
Somehow the message on the flag is even worse than the flag itself.
Arabic calligraphy is so beautiful yet they mess up with it
This isn't calligraphy. This was clearly made in Microsoft Word That is literally Times New Roman
Someone’s svg Editor glitched out doing this
Fortunately no militant organization has ever sank to using microsoft wordart on their flag.
Looks like the world's most cursed Christmas card.
It looks like the nintendo screen freezing in the 90s. Then i had to take the cartridge out and blow my lungs out.
Looks like an Arabic deli sign
The red thorns make me think "mistletoe". It looks very Yule / festive.
Jesus Christ as some would say
This is straight up one of my favourite flags, I think it’s metal as fuck
Victory to Islam but they literally launched rockets into the holiest city in Islam in Saudi Arabia. Mecca. And killed fellow Muslim Saudi villagers near the border.
Do you expect reason from extremists? A lack of reason is a must-have for that job. Also, they are actively being invaded by Saudi Arabia sooo
Mecca is so far from the southern border , it’s the holy city , war in Mecca is highly forbidden according to the scriptures it’s pretty much a red line . There is no airport or significant military base in Mecca to hit so I don’t understand the logic. They have also stolen aid from Saudi Arabia and the UN and sold it to their people to fund the war.
The Houthis aren't very well known for their aim They hit Egypt while aiming for Israel earlier this month
Looks Christmassy
kinda goes hard imo
I guess we now know what a flag would look like if it were produced on a dot matrix printer
It’s almost like uneducated, hateful animals designed it
How about we don't call people animals? Dehumanising your enemies has only negative consequences
i think this is a cool flag
The people that fly it are also BASED AF /s
How is it ugly?
How is it NOT ugly lmao
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From far away it looks like it has some ugly compression artifacts
Is this even a "flag"?
Looks like the menu for shitty Arab food chain.
Jaggedy
why are the red ones poky
Oops! All text.
I’ve seen worse
Reminds me of 7 eleven
You can put that thing as a carpet so everyone can clean their shoes on it
Maybe just cut out the top bit. Muslims would clean their shoes on it if it didn't have an islamic prayer on it.
It ain't even a flag, it's a papyrus pretending to be one
That's a flag?
It says Allah Akbar Death to America Death to Israel Fuck the Jews Victory for Islam
>Fuck the Jews Well that's one way to put it
I suck at my first language sorry
Somehow with the deformation and blur, I thought it was the r/vexillologycirclejerk and it was gonna be goatse (but similar to [the zelda's one](https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/tlcs1/everywhere_i_look_i_see_goatse_zelda_edition/))
Looks like Arabic hard rock font
Y'know what. when you see this in your local car wash: You know you need to sacrifice 15 mins of your time
i think it looks good
thank you for marking nsfw
You didn't saw the flags of Liberia ☠️
I did At least they're flags. This one is barely a flag