NationStates Jolt Archive

Makkah

The trumpets blared out the national anthem as over 100,000 soldiers paraded through the streets of Makkah. After a dark time under the occupation of the socialist dogs, Makkah was free. As the 100,000 soldiers reached the Grand Mosque, they dropped their weapons and began to pray. The rest of the cities citizens joined in, and as soon as prayer was over the joyous celebrations could begin. Before, however, there was an announcement to be made. The Prime Minister, the Grand Mufti, and a television with the Head Technocrat on it(due to the fact that only Muslims are allowed into the sacred city) walked(or was rolled) up to the pedestal. The Prime Minister then began to speak.

"This is a great day for the people of Carthage, and for the Islamic world," he began. The crowd cheered. "The great empire of Carthage stretches from the Mediterranean to the Pacific, from the Sri Lankan desert to the mountains of Tajikistan. What grander an Islamic Empire has there ever been?" A louder cheer now. "I believe that the Grand Mufti should continue from here..." said the Prime Minister as he stepped aside. As the Grand Mufti stepped on to the podium, the crowd went wild. When the cheering died down, the Grand Mufti began to speak. "As the great Prime Minister of our country said, there has been no grander Islamic nation. Allah smiles upon us, and has granted us (with the help of his unknowing servants in the righteous nation of Cotland) the holy cities, a prosperous country, and a happy populace. The council of every Mufti in our country agrees that now, we are truly worthy of Allah's grace.'

"That is why, people of Makkah and the entire Empire, we (with the suffete), have decided that from this day forward, we are to be known as the Carthaginian TechnoCaliphate of The Lightning Star!" The crowd exploded in cheers and joyous outbursts were heard from throughout the crowd. "This new type of Caliphate," began the Grand Mufti again, "will combine the greatness of the Carthaginian Empire, the holiness of Allah, and the glory of our mighty technologies. The council of muftis has elected myself to be Caliph, and while I doubt that I am worthy of this gift, I trust the choice of Allah." He then walked over to a flag pole, and shouted, "Glory to the land of Allah!" and pulled the rope on the pole. The new flag of the Caliphate zoomed to the top, and then the celebrations commenced in earnest.

The Techno-Council, the governing body of the Technocratic part of the Carthaginian Government

The mood in the Techno-council was uneasy at best. The 30 lead technocrats in the country were secretly debating the recent developments in their nation. One of the technocrats, from the city of Neo-Delhi, stood up to speak. "This is most troubling news. If these...Imams are given control of the country, there is no way our research can continue as it does right now. Sure, the current Caliph may be a bit lenient, but chances are some whack-job Imam will overthrow him and begin a witch-hunt as it were." He then sat down and awaited a response. The Technocrat from Neo-Karachi responded. "Now, we don't know that. This may work to our advantage, actually. Now that the Caliph has declared that we are to be tolerated by the people, we can continue our work in relative saftey." He sat down.

The technocrat from Neo-Dhaka stood up to respond to that. "Are you so sure? The only reason he said that was because we hold a substantial hold on the government. Chances are, his supporters will try to convince the people to turn on us. After all, nearly everything we do here is considered a blasphemy against god by basically every religion."

"Ah, 'god'," replied the technocrat from Neo-Hannibalia. "Why do these people continue to follow these baseless stories? If only we could get rid of this mindset, we could continue to lead our country in peace." As another technocrat got up to respond, the Head Technocrat of Neo-Carthage left the room to attend to another matter. As he walked out of the room, escorted by his guards, an attendant walked into the council room bringing water.

Or that's what it seemed like.

As the attendant walked towards the table where the technocrats were, one of them hailed him for more water. Instead, however, the "attendant" walked forwards towards the center of the table. Under his breath he muttered, "Lā 'ilāha 'illā llāha wa Muhammadun rasūlu llāhi," and walked forward. When he reached the center of the room, he quickly shouted "ALLAHU AKBAR!", pressed a button, and then the entire council room was enveloped in a blinding light.

Offical Statement by the Caliph

"Citizens of Allah's holy empire and of the world, today Allah has shown his will to the people of the world. At 1400 on this very day, the heretical leaders of the technocrats met to try and undermine the empire of Allah's grace. Thankfully, Allah struck them down with his eternally binding light and killed many of their leaders. I, with the will of Allah at my back, hereby declare all technocrats and non-muslims(for they backed the technocratic regime) to be enemies of Allah, and to be annihilated immediatly.

Allahu Akbar!"

The Cottish ambassador in Tunis saw the transmissions from Makkah and was scared when he heard the grand mufti talk about killing all non-muslims. He immediately picked up the phone to the small army detachment and increased the readiness. That meant that the soldiers didn't wear their class A uniforms, but instead wore green BDUs, combat vests, kevlar helmets and the ever present M-8 lightweight assault rifle in addition to the M45A1 sidearm and bayonet. The four M35 light machine guns were also placed in defensive positions, and the soldiers were given orders to shoot anyone who was a clear and present danger to the safety of the embassy.

The ambassador also sent a flash message to Cotlandstad, who sent a official reply to the Lightning Starians after a few hours.

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"The Empire of Cotland congratulate the people of the Carthaginian TechnoCaliphate of The Lightning Star with their recent conquests, but wish to voice its concern regarding the latest statements made by the new Caliph regarding the "annihilation" of all non-muslims. As you know, the Empire are a state with a mainly Christian population, and we have several hundred citizens in the TechnoCaliphate. Therefore we wish your word that they will remain safe and unharmed. Allow us to make ourselves completely clear. If one single Cottish citizen is injured or killed, the Empire will consider that to be a clear act of war, and act accordingly. We do not wish conflict with the TechnoCaliphate, but the safety of Cottish citizens are our highest concern."

Regards,
Imperial Government of Cotland

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In Monaco, a B777 was readied to fly to Tunis to evacuate the embassy staff. Similar things happened in other Cottish areas of the world which lay close to Lightning Starian territory. If the Lightning Starian answer wasn't the one the Empire hoped on, all Cottish citizens would be evacuated. Simple as that.

OOC: Tunis is Carthage. Scratch that, Neo-Carthage. Tunis/Old Carthage was wiped out by Pushka.

IC:

Offical Statement by the Caliph

"I was a wee bit hasty in declaring all non-muslims to be annihilated. We take back that order. However, all supporters of the Technocrats and those that still support the Technocracy will still be annihilated."

OOC: I still refer to it as Tunis. Because it was Tunis when it was the Cottish capitol.

IC: We understand. Our embassy shall remain on high alert while the inihalations happen though. Don't want any of your solders to get over-zealous and start shooting towards the Cottish embassy, would we?

Regards
Imperial Government of Cotland

Any attempts to attack Parsees will be responded to with war. We will not tolerate the pursecution of our co-religionists. Similarly, we demand that all Parsees be placed under Parthian protection and given dual Parthian-Carthaginian citizenship.

-Shah Khosru III

OOC: I still refer to it as Tunis. Because it was Tunis when it was the Cottish capitol.

IC: We understand. Our embassy shall remain on high alert while the inihalations happen though. Don't want any of your solders to get over-zealous and start shooting towards the Cottish embassy, would we?

Regards
Imperial Government of Cotland

OOC: ERrrr, but It was Carthage first :p It's like the Brit's calling Mumbai Bombay.

IC: Any attempts to attack Parsees will be responded to with war. We will not tolerate the pursecution of our co-religionists. Similarly, we demand that all Parsees be placed under Parthian protection and given dual Parthian-Carthaginian citizenship.

-Shah Khosru III

We are sorry, Shah, but seeing how your empire has crumbled and you now control no land, you have no say here. However, be assured that unless they have allied with the Technocrats, your Parsees are safe.

OOC: It's EII, Parthia :p,

OOC: ERrrr, but It was Carthage first :p It's like the Brit's calling Mumbai Bombay.

IC:

We are sorry, Shah, but seeing how your empire has crumbled and you now control no land, you have no say here. However, be assured that unless they have allied with the Technocrats, your Parsees are safe.

OOC: It's EII, Parthia :p,

OOC: Oh.... lol