Flag of the Comoros

The design consists of a white crescent with four white five-pointed stars inside of a green triangle. The flag has four stripes, representing the four islands of the nation: Yellow is for Mohéli, White is for Mayotte (claimed by Comoros but administered by France), Red is for Anjouan, and Blue is for Grande Comore. The four stars on the flag also symbolize the four islands of the Comoros. The star and crescent symbol stands for their main religion, Islam.[4]

The stars' points are usually orientated upwards, as reflected in the model supplied when the flag was adopted, though legal documents concerning the flag do not specify the flag's orientation and there is a variant in which the stars point outwards and not up.[3]

The first official flag of Comoros was designed and adopted for local use in 1963 by Suzanne Gauthier, before Comoros gained its independence. It had a white crescent at upper hoist facing the fly, four stars in a diagonal, and used a 5:7 proportion with a green background. This design continued to be used after independence in 1975.[5]

The flag changed in 1975 under Ali Soilih. The crescent was moved and the stars were rearranged into a diamond. Two thirds of the flag became red and symbolized the regime's socialist ideology. This flag shares the design to that of the Soviet and current Belarusian flags.[6]

When Ahmed Abdallah was returned to the presidency in 1978, the flag changed again. It returned to being completely green, with the crescent moving to the center of the flag and the stars forming a line between its horns. Information about the proportions of this variant suggest either a 1:2, 2:3, or 3:5 ratio.[7]

With the adoption of a new constitution in 1992, the flag changed again such that the crescent and stars were rotated to face upward rather than down and to the right.[8]

The adoption of yet another constitution changed the flag again in 1996, rotating the flag to face the fly and adding a white inscription to the lower hoist and another to the upper fly. The inscriptions are written in simplified Arabic with the former reading "Muhammed" and the latter reading "Allah". The proportions of this flag were reported to be 7:5 (1.4:1). This flag was changed by referendum in 2001 to the modern one.[9]

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  Flag of the French Empire (1887–1963)
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  Flag of the State of the Comoros (1963–1978) from the pre-independence period before July 1975 until January 1976[5]
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  Flag of the State of the Comoros under the Ali Soilih Regime (January 1976 – September 30, 1978)[6]
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  Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros (October 1, 1978 – June 6, 1992)[7]
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  Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros (June 7, 1992 – October 5, 1996)[8]
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  Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros (October 6, 1996 – December 22, 2001,[1][9]
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  Flag of the Comoros (1996–2001) with an erroneous form of text known for causing the Comorian Ambassador to Reject it[10]
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  Early proposal for the 1963-1975 flag but was never adopted or produced.[11]

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  The flag of Anjouan
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  The flag of Grande Comore
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  The flag of Mohéli
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  The flag of Mayotte (claimed by the Comoros, but under French administration)
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  The flag of Mayotte Note: This is the official flag.

• Comoros at Flags of the World
• Flag of Comoros at the Encyclopædia Britannica.