The flag of Uzbekistan was adopted on November 18, 1991 and there are several theories given to its symbolic meaning.

The first is that the 12 stars represent the 12 administrative divisions of the country. The blue stripe is said to represent the sky, the white stripe for justice, and the green stripe for hospitability. The two narrow red stripes are said to represent strength. The crescent moon stands for either the renewal or reappearance of the country after its long disappearance into the Soviet Union or the traditional Islamic culture base of the majority of the population.

A second explanation states that the 12 stars represent either the 12 zodiac signs or the 12 months of the year, that the white stripe represents cotton, the main crop of the country, and that the crescent moon stands for Islam.

A third explanation is that the blue represents water; white represents peace and green represents nature.
Connecting each component are the red lines of life force.

However as Uzbekistan is an officially secular state, any interpretations attributing Islamic meanings to the colors or symbols on the flag are not official, with the possible exception of the crescent moon.