Thread:CrimsonFire735/@comment-1017052-20151107175000/@comment-1017052-20151110195214

CrimsonFire735 wrote: It ain't the Black standard, it's got completely different letters and meaning to it. I'll say it resembles it, but it's also intended as a fuck you to ISIS, so the similarity is intentional. Besides, the only one who could get in trouble is me, and I live in the States. As far as I'm aware, it ain't banned here. If it was, the Muslim community would have a fit. ''Ahem, not to nitpick, but why would it? The Black Banner nowadays is only used by Islamists; though it is based on the actual flags used by Muhammad and the early Caliphates, theirs were different in that they featured no text at all. I am pretty sure the Black Banner is banned in Russia, and our Muslim community is much more influential.''

As for the name "Caliphate". I guess the word "caliph" would fit in the Fantasyverse for an Islamic-themed nation, as the Fantasyverse is meant to parallel the real world anyway (we have a guy whose title originated in the Qu'ran), but not in the Fictionverse. The main reason is not religious sensibility but because "caliph" is a very specific title unique to only one civilisation: like "tsar" or "kaiser", I believe it to be too human-specific to be used for an alien nation.

As for the clever substitute, what about "Legacy"? That's what "khilāfa" means in Arabic anyway.