Misconception About the Moroccan Flag Being the National Flag of the Moors
In order to overstand this section, you must first get an overstanding of the difference between a kingdom and an empire. This is a source of confusion for many Moors. The kingdom of Morocco sits on the northwestern corner of Africa and is a member of the Moroccan Empire, just like the United States of America. Morocco is a country, while the Moroccan Empire was the global presence of the Moroccan people. The people here were part of the empire, but they were not from the country of Morocco.
In 1912, when the Sultan surrendered to France, the star was removed from Morocco's flag, and that was the end of the Moroccan empire. The removal of the star was to symbolize France's occupation of Morocco. However, Morocco did not cease to be a globally recognized nation and country. Later, Spain took Morocco from France. Today, France and Spain still possess pieces of the Moroccan empire. In other words, Morocco was under a French and Spanish Protectorate before it got free in 1956.
When Noble Drew Ali retrieved the flag with the star while Morocco was still under French and Spanish occupation, North America did not become Morocco. It symbolized that the nations here may have been under the Moroccan protectorate. Globally, that flag has always been recognized as the Moroccan flag. Also, Noble Drew Ali never said that it was our national flag. He said that it was the flag of our descent.
The people here did not call themselves Moroccans. They were the Delawares, Mohawks, Cayugas, Onondagas, Wyandot, etc., and they had their own flags. The proof is in the first treaties that the indigenous people signed with the United States of America.