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The flag from the Gulf State, which features Arabic text considered sacred in Islam, has been cut out of displays at dozens of boozers.

Staff were forced to take down all the individual flags after complaints.

Brewer Greene King took the action after they were told it was inappropriate to hang the Saudi flag outside pubs because of the sacred Islamic text that adorns it.

The text, known as the Shahada, is the Islamic statement of faith and reads: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet."

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Drinking alcohol is forbidden in Islam.

Brewers Greene King have since removed the flag from their World Cup bunting at boozers across the country.

The flags of six other Islamic nations which are competing in the World Cup – Iran, Egpyt, Senegal, Morocco and Tunisia – remain in the bunting.

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But none of these feature Islamic text.

A Greene King spokesperson said: "To celebrate the World Cup, we have been displaying the flags of the participating nations to promote what we hope will be a great tournament for all.

"Following feedback from some customers in London about displaying the Saudi Arabia flag in a pub, we understand it was inappropriate as it contains the religiously-significant Islam Shahada in Arabic and so we have removed it."