History of the World XI - 11 o'clock, one hour before doomsday! [Story Thread]

[Robert]

To: Joao
From: John Green, scriba of Martin van Buren

Allah Akbar!
Salam!

The Great Prophet's first goal is to spread Islam all over the Earth. All people should serve Allah and follow the guidelines of the Great Prophets.

But the patience of Allah grows tin. He has given enough time to the leaders of all nations to convert. Those who still did not convert will soon be declared war upon. In cooperation with the holy nations of Germany and Portugal, Islam will be spread over the Earth. War can only be avoided by the nations if they convert to Islam without hestitation and without reservations, obeying the will of the Great Prophet and honoring the three holy nations as special.

All people in Islam are equal. The American people aren't more equal then the Dutch people and the German people aren't more equal then the Ethiopian people. But the authority of Earth lays within the hands of the Great Prophets of Allah, and the leaders of the three holy nations. Every nation who serves Allah and accepts those facts will live in peace, according to the rules and guidelines of the Great Prophet and the leaders of the holy nations.

There is no time left.
The Jihad will start now.

Allah revealed to me that you are the blessed lord of the Portugese. Anybody who questions your authority questions the authority of Allah, and must be brought to death. You are among the three leaders of the holy nations, Allah will let you reign free from sickness or death. May his peace be upon you.

John Green
Scriba of Martin van Buren.

[arvcran]

The advent of Free Religions (beleif and way of life).

It is with great pride that the Incas declare their nation to accept any and all religions. We invite the world to come spread their religion to our lands and peoples.

It had become apparant to the Incas, when their world fishing expedition took place, that the world was indeed vast and full of different peoples. This was great news to the Incas as they relish learning other perspectives. The effort to gain knowledge of liberal ideas expidited the mind of our inventors in conceiving the navigation by examining the cosmos and postition of the celestrial bodies. This allowed the Incas to settle nearby by Islands.

The Incas become excited in sharing knowledge with other peoples to be able to gain a perspective of view from others that the Incas had not conceived before.

[Robert]

Save Session 9.

[deity]

Originally posted by CyberShy
To: Joao
From: John Green, scriba of Martin van Buren

Allah Akbar!
Salam!

The Great Prophet's first goal is to spread Islam all over the Earth. All people should serve Allah and follow the guidelines of the Great Prophets.

But the patience of Allah grows tin. He has given enough time to the leaders of all nations to convert. Those who still did not convert will soon be declared war upon. In cooperation with the holy nations of Germany and Portugal, Islam will be spread over the Earth. War can only be avoided by the nations if they convert to Islam without hestitation and without reservations, obeying the will of the Great Prophet and honoring the three holy nations as special.

All people in Islam are equal. The American people aren't more equal then the Dutch people and the German people aren't more equal then the Ethiopian people. But the authority of Earth lays within the hands of the Great Prophets of Allah, and the leaders of the three holy nations. Every nation who serves Allah and accepts those facts will live in peace, according to the rules and guidelines of the Great Prophet and the leaders of the holy nations.

There is no time left.
The Jihad will start now.

Allah revealed to me that you are the blessed lord of the Portugese. Anybody who questions your authority questions the authority of Allah, and must be brought to death. You are among the three leaders of the holy nations, Allah will let you reign free from sickness or death. May his peace be upon you.

John Green
Scriba of Martin van Buren.

As the meeting of the great Islamic Council got under way many points of view started to emerge.

The over riding concern was the fanatacal requirement that the Islamic faith be spread at the governmental level and that all governments recognise and institute Islamic non-secular rule.

Joao of Portugal started to present his strategic analysis but no transcripts are available.

It is believed that Joao The Pom in england managed to secure a verbal account of the key points being made.

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* Strategic analysis suggests that jihad victory of the main Terra landmass is certain.

* The Russians were an unknown quantity and unless clarity on their position is resolved they should be militarily converted to Islam immediately

* The Germans are fully justified in exacting military revenge on the Dutch for their manipulative and treacherous ways

* The Islamic Council demand ALL nations convert to the Islamic faith immediately
[(ie from the very start of session without ANY negotiations in the diplo screen to trade techs with non Islamic nations etc)]

* This does not mean just building Islamic temples and spreading Islamic religion - THIS MEANS CONVERTING YOUR NATIONS FAITH TO ISLAM NOW

* Any delay beyond 970AD means jihad is upon you regardless. You will not be given a strategic chance at a later stage to convert under military pressure. You must convert now.

* If a nation does not have any Islamic presence an Islamic Missionary will be despatched post haste but you still have to convert immediately even though you await the missionaries arrival

* All technologies currently invented by the newly acquired Islamic nations MUST be gifted immediately to the three master Islam nations of America, Portugal and Germany

* Any technologies "OWING" from non Islamic nations MUST NOT be traded or gifted to the newly acquired Islamic nations UNLESS it is likewise gifted to the three master nations of Islam

* ALL new technologies must be traded or gifted ONLY with ALL Islamic nations. Any trades with non-Islamic nations will be met with immediatre jihad.

* The Ethiopians to be given some time to convert to Islam - 100 year maximum (OR until Marcus returns). This is the ONLY exception.

* All defensive pacts with non-Islamic nations must be cancelled (after the first turn) once it is known who the Islamic nations are

* Defensive pacts must only exist amongst Islamic nations

* England to be vasalised or integrated with Portugal


Major penalties for the supreme Dutch:

* The Dutch must immediately cede the Hague to the Ethiopians

* The city of Utrecht must be ceded to Portugal or Germany for 500 years as a security to keep an eye on the historically treacherous Dutch nature. All resources in that city will be made available to the Dutch unconditionally AND in addition the two happy resources that Portugal had previously traded with the Dutch will be immediately restored.

* Otherwise a state of war will exist between Holland and the three master islamic nations until at least 2 Dutch cities fall to the Islamic jihad.

* This secures the safety of all Dutch island ports

* In addition a small 20 gpt is sought for each of the three Islamic masters

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Joao the Pom smiled. Ah Allah God, he is going to be hard to beat, my old Uncle.

I await further reports from this Islamic Council....

[deity]

Originally posted by arvcran
The advent of Free Religions (beleif and way of life).

It is with great pride that the Incas declare their nation to accept any and all religions. We invite the world to come spread their religion to our lands and peoples.

It had become apparant to the Incas, when their world fishing expedition took place, that the world was indeed vast and full of different peoples. This was great news to the Incas as they relish learning other perspectives. The effort to gain knowledge of liberal ideas expidited the mind of our inventors in conceiving the navigation by examining the cosmos and postition of the celestrial bodies. This allowed the Incas to settle nearby by Islands.

The Incas become excited in sharing knowledge with other peoples to be able to gain a perspective of view from others that the Incas had not conceived before.

The Incas better wake up and smell the roses

[deity]

Re: Christian enclaves in Portugal still...

Originally posted by deity
"Sh.. I've got some news... read this" Joao the Pom was in London and mused over the pieces of the intercept. What did this mean for Portugal? For England?

Ah, so it's the Dutch!

Toni wrote on 29-10-2007 17:44:
Greetings Great Prophet,

We the Dutch have been known for our peaceful oriented way of life and would like to continue living in such ways. In our last diplo letter we approached you in order to build close relations – but you declined. We once more approach in hope of building a strong relation and asking you to teach us the ways of your powerful religion. As you may already know some of our colonies have already converted to the powerful Islamic faith – we ask kindly and submissively would you help us spread it to the main cities of our nation.

I kind reminder that some of our cities have willing accepted your faith already – our intelligence tells us that for example the Islamic faith was purposefully spread to the Portugal. I’m sharing this will you just to portray that we have already naturally started to live your way of life – and not by decision.

We know that many have rejected your religion but we stand today here with open arms and await your response. We hope that you will accept us and show us the right path.

Your friends have been accusing us of being dishonest and unfair diplomat – well we prefer that you hear our side of the story. We decided to aid the Russian nation in order to keep the balance in our world – now that their leader has been gone for so long we feared that the German empire would have declared war and taken all that they can – leading to unbalanced world. I hope that you of most will understand our motives for doing so.

We await your wise response Great Prophet.

Dutch

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

Storm Clouds on the Horizon

King Yaquob VI looked at the communique in his hand in disbelief & horror. After the kindness he had tried to show to the Nations of the Islamic Alliance, this is how they chose to repay him? He had sent numerous envoys to America, Portugal & Germany with words of Kindness & Brotherhood-& pointing out how they were all ultimately Brothers of the All-Mother Faith. Unfortunately, all of these envoys had been rebuffed with demands that he-King Yaquob-& the nation of Ethiopia had to embrace this very odd & militant Facet of the All-Mother. He didn't necessarily have a problem with doing that-after all, didn't PolyMatraism say that all Faiths were ultimately Revelation of a Single Truth?-it was the manner & brusqueness of the constant demand that upset the King. Now he had this communique-copied verbatim-obtained courtesy of one of the many Ethiop Nationals living within Portugal. In it, the new King of Portugal-Joao-was effectively threatening all out war with the Empire of Ethiopia if Islam was not embraced. King Yaquob did not know what to do. He personally had no issues with embracing this faith-foreign though it may seem to him-but many Ethiopians still clung dearly to Totus-Matraism as the only true version of the All-Mother faith, & would not easily embrace such an alien belief system. He had not entirely lost hope, though, & sent off a quick epistle to the King of Portugal himself. In it he exhorted the King to remember all the assistance that Ethiopia had provided when asked for in the past. He also claimed that Van Buren was deliberately misinterpreting the Words of the All-Mother in order to conquer the world, & that Joao was being used as an innocent pawn in this game. He begged the King to pull back from the brink of the abyss & try to talk sense to his fellow Islamites. He sent this letter off in with his fastest messenger, then prepared another letter for his People. In it, he planned to exthol the virtues of Ethiopia's National Identity, & the need to defend that identity against the threat of an alien, external invasion. He also sent a second letter to the High Priest M'Lecki III (who was already incredibly ancient in years) to come up with an equally Firebrand speech imploring all followers of Totus-Matraism to take up arms against any trying to convert Ethiopia against its will. King Yaquob sent his first letter-along with a draft law to implement conscription-to the Representative Council for modification &, he hoped-approval, then sent off the second letter, by courier, to the Apostolic Palace in Gondar. Though he still hoped a peaceful solution to this crisis could be found, he certainly wouldn't be known as the King who Fiddled whilst Aksum Burned.

[Toni]

[Toni]

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[Toni]

[bantams]

Originally posted by CyberShy
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[Robert]

The Great Prophet Cried
"Mr. van Buren, look at these cartoons....."
John Green handed a bunch of papers over to the Great Prophet of Islam, Martin van Buren.

"Who has made these...cartoon?" Martin van Buren asked.
"I don't know who created them, they have been published by the Dutch though.
"The Dutch? I really had hope that, despite their arrogance, they had a real interest in joinig Islam..."

Suddenly Martin van Buren bursted out in tears. "I had hope that the Dutch would embrace Islam without us having to use the sword! I hate the sword! Of all means Allah has given to us, I have the least desire to use the sword!"

"Not only do they dissapoint me" Martin van Buren continued, "they also disrespect Islam, all it's believers, and in the end, Allah himself...."

"They don't understand Islam, mylord!"
"They don't see the need to conver the earth! They don't understand that peace can only begotton through pain. Like a baby is born through pain."

"I hate it, but we have to serve Allah. Declare war upon them! Right now."

"Mylord, read this public letter from the Ehtiopians..."

Martin van Buren read the letter........
"When have Ethiopian messengers been here?"
"Never, o they holy one!"
"Why do they lie about these things?"
"I don't know....."
"Send a message to them asking why they speak about things that have never happened! And urge them to convert to Islam, tell them we have mercy on them, despite their lies"

"I'll do s you commanded" the scriba responded.

[Robert]

Originally posted by bantams

Next time remove the remark tag from the quote, if you don't intend to end the remark tag
I've fixed it for you!

[Toni]

The Islamic Muhammad cartoons controversy began after three editorial cartoons, most of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, were published in the Dutch newspaper De Pers on 1 October 970. The newspaper announced that this publication was an attempt to contribute to the debate regarding criticism of Islam and self-censorship.

Danish Muslim organizations, who objected to the depictions, responded by holding public protests attempting to raise awareness of De Pers's publication. The controversy deepened when further examples of the cartoons were reprinted in newspapers in more than five other countries.

This led to protests across the Muslim world, some of which escalated into violence (more than 150 deaths, altogether), including setting fire to the Ethiopian and Dutch Embassies in America, storming Dutch buildings, and desecrating the Dutch and Ethiopian flags in American cities. While a number of Muslim leaders called for protesters to remain peaceful, other Muslim leaders across the globe, including Mr. van Buren of America, issued death threats. Various groups, primarily in Rome, Inca, Byzantine and Native America, responded by endorsing the Dutch policies, including "Buy Dutch" campaigns and other displays of support for free speech in the Dutch lands.

Supporters have said that the cartoons illustrated an important issue in a period of Islamist terrorism and that their publication is a legitimate exercise of the right of free speech. They also claim that similar cartoons about other religions are frequently printed, arguing that the followers of Islam were not targeted in a discriminatory way.

Dutch Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg described the controversy as Dutch's worst international crisis since the beginning of times.