File:ShababLogo.png

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Non-free media data
Description	Logo of Al-Shabaab .
Source	http://jihadintel.meforum.org/group/36/al-shabaab
Portion used	Whole logo used to avoid misrepresenting image.
Low resolution?	Logo was selected in order to maintain the quality intended, without being unnecessarily high resolution.
Other information	Intellectual property owned by Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen.

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Non-free media rationale for Al-Shabaab (militant group)
Article	Al-Shabaab (militant group)
Purpose of use	Used for purposes of illustration in an educational article about the entity represented by the image. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of this article topic.
Replaceable?	Protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.

Summary

This logo is used by news organizations everywhere as it is the most identifiable image used for al-Shabab.

Licensing

This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright. The use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as non-free use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos.

Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. Fair use

Legal disclaimer
This image shows (or resembles) a symbol of Islamic terrorism, such as al-Qaeda or the "Islamic State", which has been banned by Austria, China, Germany, Russia and other countries.

The usage of this image for non-educational purposes is forbidden in Austria, China and Germany.

In China, the applicable law is Counter-terrorism Law of the People's Republic of China. In Germany, the applicable law is Strafgesetzbuch section 86a (see Strafgesetzbuch Paragraph 86a in German). See the ban here (in German). In Russia, the applicable law is Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

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