The Moroccan Flag: Judaic roots

The Star Symbol

• The green star (Seal of Solomon, also called the Pentagram) was added to Morocco’s flag in 1915 under Sultan Mulay Yusef, when Morocco was a French protectorate.

• The official line: the five points represent the five pillars of Islam.

• But the Seal of Solomon was originally a Jewish mystical symbol, long before Islam. In Jewish tradition it r…