Which script is used for the takbir on Iraq's current national flag?

The takbir on Iraq’s current national flag is written in Kufic script.

Iraq’s flag carries the Arabic words Allahu akbar, meaning “God is greatest,” in dark green Kufic lettering across the central white stripe. Kufic is an angular, historically important Arabic script associated especially with early Qur’anic manuscripts and the cultural history of Iraq.

The current version was approved on 22 January 2008. It retained the red-white-black Arab Liberation Flag design but removed the three green stars that had appeared since 1963. The takbir itself was first added by Saddam Hussein in 1991, during the Gulf War, and its lettering has changed between versions.

The main mix-up is between the words and the script: takbir names the religious phrase, not the calligraphic style. Iraq’s current flag uses Kufic, while earlier or transitional renderings may look more handwritten or stylised. The present design also corrected the Arabic spelling and brought the two words closer together.