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What if the Mali empire didn’t collapse and institute the reforms needed to make sure it survive

A number of Zaydi dynasties such as the Idrisids and the Hammudids were present in the westernmost parts of the Dar-al-Islam. What if Zaydism had become the largest denomination of Islam in the Maghreb? How would this affect the relations between North Africa and the rest of the Islamic world?

Hey everyone, this is my first post so bear with me. We all know the story of the partition of India, but one province was the bloodiest in terms of communal violence; Punjab. In this thread, I want to see if we can make it possible that all of Punjab was given to Pakistan (This is before the...

So for the average AH.com visitor, Lithuania is a name that only rings a bell on three separate occasions: - something to merge Poland with and forget about - filler country in 20th century scenarios - "What if Lithuania adopted X religion/stayed pagan?" And the last one, although...

In modern day South Asia, People who Adhere to Dharmic Faith are already in Majority at 65 percentage, However they also have the Largest Islamic Population in the world at nearly 600 Million or 33 percentage of Muslims in the world Thus is it possible that in South Asia the Countries of...

Sabur al-Amirí was a Andalusian ruler of possible Slavic origin who started out as a slave and rose to be the governor of Badajoz. When the Caliphate of Córdoba collapsed, Sabur established a Taifa in Badajoz and excercised control over the entirety of the former Roman province of Lusitania. In...

Lipka Tatars are a very interesting historical ethnic group. First made up of pagan Tatars fleeing Islamization in late Middle Ages, then subsumed by Muslim Tatars, the Lipka Tatars settled in what is now Belarus, Poland and Lithuania. Though for a long time they served as a military cast and...

With the recent rise of Right Wing BJP and the religious politics in India, it has made me curious on how an Islamic Indian Subcontinent(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives) be? Lets just for the sake of simplicity, assume Arab Caliphate conquer Indian...

Hey everyone, I'm pretty new here so I'm excited to be a part of this amazing community. This was an alternate history I've been thinking about for a while, where there are sizable minorities of Sunni Muslims throughout East Asia, and I was hoping the community here could help confirm or adjust...

I have always Wondered how did India manage to retain its own religion, despite the fact it was under Islamic Rule since the 12th Century CE, even if you take all of South Asia into account, Hinduism is still the biggest religion in India, How was it able to resist while Persia and North African...

This post will be dedicated to giving a rough and short analysis of the Zanj Revolt's foundation as stipulated by its leaders and why this was a rebellion unlike the typical. Further, this is a topic that gives opposition to the position that history occurs due to massive factors or the march of...

Is it possible for the Qarmatian state in Arabia, which lasted from the late 9th till the late 10th centuries, to linger for a bit longer? From what i can discern of them, they were an apocalyptic, very radical Shia Muslim sect, who were bent on avenging Ali's death no matter the cost. Their...

AHC: Have the a majority of Greek speakers become muslim AHC: Have the Byzantines be succeded by a Islamic Greek speaking empire(ATL Greek Ottomans) How would Greece becoming Islamic affect the perception of ancient Greece in the West, the Islamic world and beyond?

What he title says. Have a Muslim/follower of Islam sign the declaration. It can be a convert or someone born a Muslim. I have no leads as to how to do this but the idea popped into my head and I couldn't get it out. As many PODs as you need and whenever just thought this would be a cool...

What if one of the Emperors of the Ottoman Empire, wishing to cement the idea that he is the ultimate authority in the entire Muslim world, orders the Kaaba and the Black Stone to be moved to Constantinople? How would other Muslims react? What would the European powers think of this move? What...

So as we all know, after World War 1 the Ottoman Sultanate came close to being abolished by Turkish nationalists who wanted to end the Empire, end the Caliphate and replace them with a secular republic. But with the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the quashing of the Turkish National Movement...

IOTL, Afghanistan is a very conservative place, with the Taliban a major force and very regressive social roles for women. If Islam never got as far as Afghanistan, and butterflies are largely contained elsewhere, how conservative is the place likely to be?

The challenge is to have a majority Muslim US state in existence. If that isn't possible, how large of a Muslim population could a state get?

Islam and Judaism are very theologically similar. There are only a handful of differences: Islam asserts that Muhammad is the last prophet, but Judaism claims that the age of prophets had ended with the Temple's destruction and would not resume until the Messianic Age; Muhammad proclaimed a new...

I was wondering, since Martin Luther, and the reformists didn't like the Catholic church, what was there opinion of the Orthodox church? And also what their opinions of Islam were. I saw a few quotes on Islam, the Ottomans, and Sulieman the Magnificent, but I would like a few experts to tell me...