Flag on top of the Town Hall

[Colin Foster 70]

I notice the cross of St Patrick is flying today instead of the Union flag. The cross of St Andrew's was flown in November. Has the council always done this for countries that Sheffield is not part of?

 

Does anyone know if they flew the dragon on St David's day, I really hope not.

[maloney111 10]

I notice the cross of St Patrick is flying today instead of the Union flag. The cross of St Andrew's was flown in November. Has the council always done this for countries that Sheffield is not part of?

 

Does anyone know if they flew the dragon on St David's day, I really hope not.

 

The council would'nt have flown it if the IRA had have blown up the city hall, in the 70s,grrrrh

[HeadingNorth 11]

The council would'nt have flown it if the IRA had have blown up the city hall, in the 70s,grrrrh

 

The Cross of Saint Patrick is not an IRA flag. What the IRA did, or didn't do, or ever wanted to do, is an irrelevance to this topic.

[chem1st 10]

Will they be flying the red flag on May 1st?

[lored 10]

Soon it will be the chinese flag up on top of it!!

[melthebell 863]

Soon it will be the chinese flag up on top of it!!

 

going on what some on here say youd think itd be a muslim flag

[Murphy Jnr 10]

going on what some on here say youd think itd be a muslim flag

 

Is there such a thing Mel?

[HeadingNorth 11]

Is there such a thing Mel?

 

There are official Muslims colours; offhand I think they're red, green and black, but I'm not committing myself to that without going to check.

 

A flag of, say, Iran, which is definitely a Muslim theocracy, or of Saudi Arabia which is a practical one (the King and the Parliament always follow Islamic rules as laid down by their Muslim advisors) could reasonably be called "A Muslim flag." If the ancient Caliphate had a flag of its own, that would definitely be a Muslim flag, but I don't know whether or not it ever did.

[TheGuy 10]

I notice the cross of St Patrick is flying today instead of the Union flag. The cross of St Andrew's was flown in November. Has the council always done this for countries that Sheffield is not part of?

 

Does anyone know if they flew the dragon on St David's day, I really hope not.

 

In the eighties, on May day, Blunkett had a red flag flying at the town hall.

[Murphy Jnr 10]

There are official Muslims colours; offhand I think they're red, green and black, but I'm not committing myself to that without going to check.

 

A flag of, say, Iran, which is definitely a Muslim theocracy, or of Saudi Arabia which is a practical one (the King and the Parliament always follow Islamic rules as laid down by their Muslim advisors) could reasonably be called "A Muslim flag." If the ancient Caliphate had a flag of its own, that would definitely be a Muslim flag, but I don't know whether or not it ever did.

 

So might it be more precise to say that they have some shared similarities and not a flag that identifies Muslim's.

[HeadingNorth 11]

So might it be more precise to say that they have some shared similarities and not a flag that identifies Muslim's.

 

Of the national flags I mentioned, yes. They can reasonably, but not with entirely strict accuracy, be called "Muslim flags."

 

Of the hypothetical flag of the Caliphate, that would explicitly be a Muslim flag; the Caliphate was, wholly and exclusively, a regime that was intended to control all Muslim areas.

 

(It did, of course, try very hard to turn other, non-Muslim areas into Muslim areas and also control those, so that ultimate success would have seen the Caliphate entirely dominate and entirely Muslim world.)

[woodmally 10]

The council would'nt have flown it if the IRA had have blown up the city hall, in the 70s,grrrrh

 

Sheffield wouldn't have been blown up by the IRA as most councillors and MP's in Sheffield (including Helen Jackson) were Sinn Fein supporters.

 

I too wonder if they did it for other countries too. I think they flew the gay flag for national gay and lesbian week.

Edited March 18, 2012 by woodmally
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