Antihamsandwichstan vs. Notsoantihamsandwichstan

Once upon a time there was a rich and powerful Islamic theocratic country named Antihamsandwichstan that hated ham sandwiches. It was against the law to make a ham sandwich. It was against the law to eat a ham sandwich. It was even against the law to print restaurant directories which told people where to find ham sandwiches. Nobody living in Antihamsandwichstan thought this was particularly strange, for, as long as they could remember, Antihamsandwichstan had been against ham sandwiches.

Generally speaking, other countries that Antihamsandwichstan preferred to associate with had similar laws. There were some variations in the laws. For example, each country has a different definition of what a ham sandwich was. There was also a wide range of penalties for possession of a ham sandwich. In Notsoantihamsandwichstan, for instance, ham sandwiches were generally reviled, but the government and the populace believed there were many more important things than worrying about ham sandwiches; thus their penalties tended to be less draconian.

In Antihamsandwichstan there were two groups of rabid ham sandwich haters which had undue influence with the government. The Righteous Islamic Advocacy Association of Ham Sandwich Hatrers (RIAAHSH) and the Militant People's Army Against Ham Sandwiches (MPAAHS) really hated ham sandwiches. They hated ham sandwiches so much that they set their sights on reforming Notsoantihamsandwichstan, which was well known in the Islamic world for being soft on the whole ham sandwich issue.

In particular, the leaders of the RIAAHSH and MPAAHS had fits of apoplexy every time they thought about how Notsoantihamsandwichstan did not have a law against ham sandwich restaurant directories. You see, in Notsoantihamsandwichstan, the government and the populace felt that if one was going to get all bent out of shape over ham sandwiches, then they would limit persecution to people who had actual possession of ham sandwiches. Punishing people over printing ham sandwich restaurant guides was considered silly.

Naturally, the leaders of the RIAAHSH and MPAAHS, didn't see things that way. They pressured the government of Antihamsandwichstan to attack Notsoantihamsandwichstan. They also enlisted the aid of the influential newspaper The Antihamsandwichville Post to rail against Notsoantihamsandwichstan using incomplete facts and scare tactics.

Eventually the RIAAHSH and MPAAHS got their wish, Antihamsandwichstan attacked Notsoantihamsandwichstan over imagined injustices. After a brief exchange of nuclear bombs, everyone in Antihamsandwichstan and Notsoantihamsandwichstan were killed. The RIAAHSH and MPAAHS had finally gotten their wish; the ham sandwich problem had been completely eradicated.

Aren't those crazy Islamic countries quaint?