Brewery giant forced to remove Saudi Arabia flag from world cup bunting on its pubs after complaint from Muslims

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Pubs across Britain remove Saudi Arabia flags from World Cup bunting after offended Muslims complain that drinking is banned under Islam

The Saudi Arabian flag, which features the Arabic words from a sacred Islamic text

Greene King runs more than 3,000 pubs across the country and has been brewing beers at its headquarters in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, since 1700.

A spokesman 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.’