Shelter: Book 2, A Long Days Night (43 page)

When the 2052 Presidential election process started, the CIG offered their own candidate for President. Their candidate, Senator Osama bin Mohmand won 274 Electoral College votes. Becoming America’s first openly Muslim President.  President-elect Mohmand promised America a new generation of peace, an end to the various wars which had gone on for fifty years. The American public was tired of and fed up with two generations of wars. They elected Mohmand thinking he would bring peace and since he ran as a Green Party candidate, the public expected him to protect the environment.

Sitting President Jackson tried to take come of the glow off of President-elect Mohmand by releasing President Obama’s sealed records. The unsealed records showed what many on the right had long suspected, President Obama was a Muslim. President Jackson hoped that by releasing President Obama’s records, he would defuse those who were worried about a Muslim President. He hoped that like most candidates who won elections, once in office, they realized if they wanted to get anything done, they had to move towards the center.

President-elect Mohmand promised he would sign an Executive order marking President Obama’s birthday as a national holiday. Thus celebrating the birth of the person who started the transformation of America towards becoming an Islamic country. The new national news station, Al-Jazeera, renamed the transformation of America as the jihad of America. Al Shihabi was granted a daily interview time every day with President Mohmand. Al Jazeera was the only media to have total access to President Mohmand. AL Shihabi helped script a wide-ranging jihad of America, one which they hoped would fully transform America into a devoted Islamic country which will proudly take its place within the worldwide Caliphate. 

Chapter One

Amid the loud cheering and chanting at the Mohmand election headquarter hotel, the CNN reporter looks into the camera saying, “Good evening America, tonight, November 17th, 2052 history has been made for the third time. We’re all witnesses to this historic event. In November 2008, we elected the first African-American, Barrack Obama as President. He started the transformation of America to make us a more peaceful, caring country. As everyone knows, President Obama served two terms, he left a legacy of accomplishing more than any other President prior to him. In 2016, the Conservatives’ voter ID laws blocked many minorities from voting thus allowing the radical Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz to be elected as President. President Cruz defeated Mrs. Clinton who performed horribly in the debates. Many said that President Cruz pushed her buttons causing her to lose her temper in every debate. Some say the ‘real’ Hillary Clinton was seen during the debates. Everyone may remember when she lost it in the second debate when Ted Cruz held up recovered emails showing Mrs. Clinton sent Ambassador Stevens to Benghazi to ship illegal weapons to the Syrian rebels.  As Secretary of State, she not only knew the attack was a terrorist attack, she turned down his request for additional security. She stood by, doing nothing allowed Ambassador Stevens to die a horrible death. Ted Cruz repeated during the debate, Clinton’s hands were covered in blood. At the end of their third and final debate, he showed emails proving she ordered the military to stand down dooming the Ambassador and his staff to death.

The CNN reporter continued, “Fulfilling his campaign promise President Cruz started dismantling President Obama’s vision of America starting with his first day in office. We in the media didn’t agree with President Cruz, we made our thoughts very public. When the economy didn’t recover from the recession, which was caused by the Republican tax cuts and President Cruz throwing the country into confusion when he, by Executive order overturned President Obama’s signature bill, Obamacare. The country spent four years trying to figure out how to replace Obamacare with a health care system that covered everyone. The confusion cost President Cruz reelection. The presidential election of 2020 saw Elizabeth Warren beat Ted Cruz to become the country’s first woman President. She followed in President Obama’s footsteps. She was even more progressive than President Obama. She brought back Obamacare, further confusing the public. President Warren forced a restructuring of Wall Street, which pushed the economy into a deeper recession. In the 2024 election, President Warren ran against Rand Paul, who she beat claiming it was the conservative wing of the Republican Party which pushed the country into the recession. President Warren won reelection, but the people handed both houses of Congress to the Tea Party. The country suffered deeper divisions than under Presidents Obama and Cruz. President Warren and Congress couldn’t agree on any issue. The country suffered an additional four years of deep recession due to the Tea Party refusing to work with President Warren.

The election of 2028 saw the emergence of a third and fourth party which further broke the country apart. A little-known Congressman from West Virginia won the election by promising the country a return to old time values. President Frankfort won both of his elections. The elections in 2036 and 2040 went back and forth between the right and left. While Washington D.C. argued with themselves, the country was changing. The birth rate of the Islamic population grew quickly while the birth rate of other religions dropped to a point where they didn’t cover the replacement of their existing numbers. The number of Catholics, Baptists, Mormons and Jews declined while the number of Muslims exploded.” 

The CNN reporter paused to look into the camera before continuing, “In 2020, the Islamic community formed their own party and started running their own candidates. By the election of 2052, the majority of people who actually voted were Muslims. Tonight we celebrate our first openly Muslim president.  Osama bin Mohmand easily defeated the other two candidates. The Tea Party candidate was so radical that we and the other networks didn’t carry his message. This was also the first election cycle in one hundred years when there weren’t any televised debates. President Mohmand refused to take the stage with a bacon eating infidel.  We join with all Americans and the world in celebrating the election of President-elect Mohmand. We thank Allah for sending us such an intelligent guiding leader as President-elect Mohmand.”

MSNBC’s reporter says, “Who is Osama bin Mohmand? He started his career as an investor in companies that supply Muslims with items they use in their everyday life. Mohmand made over $50 million when he sold his company to Amazon. After selling his company, he turned his energy to politics. He moved to Michigan, which has a large Muslim population. He became the Mayor of Detroit, where he developed the bailout that saved the city from a second bankruptcy. He parlayed his fame into the Senate race where he became the junior Senator from Michigan. He served three terms in the Senate, his most notable accomplishment was authoring the law that made Muslims a protected class of people in America. He's also known for putting the deal together which enabled Muslims to pay fees on their credit cards in place of interest since interest is outlawed in the Holy Quran. Mohmand has been quoted as saying he’s the moderate Muslim, who wants to make peace with the different people of the world. We warmly welcome Osama bin Mohmand as our new President.”

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Monday, January 20th dawned bright and warm for January in Washington D.C. The sky was crystal clear without a visible cloud. At 7:30 AM President-elect Mohmand was led into the Oval Office to meet his predecessor. As the custom, both men met in private to discuss issues between the outgoing and incoming Presidents. 

President Jackson welcomed President-elect Mohmand to the Oval Office, “President-elect, welcome to the White House. My family and I will be moved out by the time your inauguration service concludes. Per tradition, I’m pleased to host you and answer any specific questions about the House and the position as I can. I thought we would have breakfast together while we chatted.”

“Mr. President, I truly appreciate you taking the time this morning to host me. I’m sure my family will be happy to move in and start the cleaning and remodeling as soon as possible. I will be happy to have a cup of tea while you eat breakfast. I’ve already had mine. I can’t eat in the House until the kitchen is cleaned and restocked with Halal food. I’m not permitted to eat non-Halal foods or eat foods prepared in a nonconforming kitchen.”

“I see. Are you planning on changing all of the House staff?”

“Yes, I’m in the process of having the staff replaced as we meet. My temporary Chief of Staff is going to oversee the White House is cleaned, all traces of non-Halal food will be removed, the kitchens cleaned the bedrooms cleaned and all of the linens and towels changed. We’re bringing our own China to replace the existing White House china, silverware, and cooking equipment. We plan on disposing of all of the existing White House kitchen supplies. If we didn’t do this, Allah would frown on the Muslim State of America.”

“President-elect, I’m sure you know that America isn’t a Muslim State. Our constitution forbids us having a state religion.”

“Mr. President, I wouldn’t worry yourself about such things. In less than two hours, none of this will be your concern. You served for eight years. Eight years which saw increased discrimination against Allah’s faithful. You didn’t raise your voice in protest while Allah’s people suffered under your administration. I’m going to ensure my people don’t ever suffer the same discrimination again. As soon as I take the oath of office I’m going to start ensuring my people are protected.”

“Mr. President elect, may I give you a word of advice?”

“Of course, please, I’m all ears.”

“If I were you, I would take it slow. You won the election by four Electoral College votes. A little over half of the popular vote was cast for your opponents. You won the election with a minority of the popular vote. You’re not entering office with a strong mandate. I’d advise you go slowly with any sweeping new programs. Build a strong working relationship with Congress. Get Congress on your side. No one believed a third party could win, let alone your party.” 

President-elect Mohmand smiled, he sipped his tea while he looked at President Jackson. “Mr. President, I do have a mandate, over 99% of the Muslim population in America voted for me. I have a duty to follow the wishes of those who elected me. I’m going to carry forward the bold promise made by President Obama, I’m going to complete the transformation of America into converting America into an Islamic country. In fact, my staff has designed a new flag I’m going to shortly unveil. Would you like to see it?”

“President-elect Mohmand, do I understand you plan to change the American flag? You plan to transform America into an Islamic country? A country that follows Islamic law?”

“President Jackson, it's called Sharia law which is soon going to be the law of the land. Today is going to be a day remembered forever. The day the green flag of Islam finally flies over this great land. The day when America takes its place among the followers of Allah and Mohmand his the messenger. Today America is going to be the next country in the formation of a worldwide Caliphate. Under my administration, a worldwide Caliphate will finally become a reality. You should be proud that you’re able to watch the formation of the worldwide Caliphate. Today we will begin the process of having a common law across the entire world. For the first time, Allah’s word will become the common law of the world.” President Mohmand smiled an evil grin as he paused to sip his tea.

“President-elect Mohmand, I’m sure you know that half of the country are Christians, Jews, or nonbelievers in any religion which is why our founding fathers saw fit to ensure we never have a national religion.”

“President Jackson, you’re familiar with the process to modify the constitution. When I was elected, my party, the Green Party, won control of the House and Senate. A bill will be passed,  a bill, I’ll sign, sending the amendment to the states where my brother and sister Muslims will make sure it gets passed. President Jackson, when one has the numbers and the support of the people he represents, anything is possible. The simple truth is a higher percentage of my people vote than yours. Getting bills passed and changes to the foundation of America isn’t going to be as difficult as you may think it’s going to be.”

“It was genius to rename your party the Green Party, many citizens thought they were voting for environmentalists. You mixed in just enough envirobabble about saving the planet that many people supported your platform because they thought they were voting for people who supported clean air and water, slowing global cooling and finding alternative power sources. Frankly Mr. President-elect, you lied and deceived your way into this office.”

Smiling an evil smile, President Mohmand grins saying, “President Jackson, every politician lies. I did nothing different than you or anyone else who got elected. By the way, we
will
clean the air and water. We’re going to reduce the population stress on the planet. Hence, we are green. I will complete the transformation the late President Obama started.”

“I’m sure you know that the previous four administrations spent sixteen years undoing the damage President Obama did to the country. I’m proud of my record which lowered the tensions between the left and right. My administration got the real unemployment rate down to 9.8%. I improved the security of our people.”