AHC: Islamic Europe, North Africa, Middle East and East Asia

Just as the title says, how do we get Islam to be the the official religion, and religion of the majority of the population of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and East Asia? Multiple Islamic empires would probably be the answer. Also, how do we get an Islamic Persia and an Islamic Roman empire to square off against each other?
 
Depending on how seriously we take the concept of the Ottomans being heirs of Byzantium, we did see OTL as Islamic Roman Empire vs. Islamic Persia.
 
Easiest way is for the Mongols to conquer everything and then convert to Islam, which they might have done had Ogadai not drank himself to death or Mongke Khan had not died in battle against the Song in China.

If Europe becomes Islamic I doubt you'd get another Roman Empire. More likely, because Europe has so many fertile places and so many defensible points, you'd get an extreme fragmentation of the continent, just like how Moorish Spain collapsed into numerous taifas.
 

Rstone4

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This pretty much kills the need for the age of exploration. The Muslim merchants wouldn't tariff each other like they did to the Christians. however, if they fracture into competing Emirates (am I using the right title for prince or king level?) they would likely improve their navies and maybe stumble into the Americas.
 
This pretty much kills the need for the age of exploration. The Muslim merchants wouldn't tariff each other like they did to the Christians. however, if they fracture into competing Emirates (am I using the right title for prince or king level?) they would likely improve their navies and maybe stumble into the Americas.

Im pretty sure you will see competing/warring Islamic empires/nation as in OTL. I think this will still necessitate an Islamic western Europe to look west for alternative trade routes.
 
Depending on how seriously we take the concept of the Ottomans being heirs of Byzantium, we did see OTL as Islamic Roman Empire vs. Islamic Persia.

Although the ERE would have just killed for the advantage in forward position the Ottoman's usually enjoyed against their "Persians". :D
 

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Ummayad victory at the 717 Siege of Constantinople, along with a stabler and more militant Al Andalus and the conversion of various steppe nomads entering Europe might do it.
 

Rstone4

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Im pretty sure you will see competing/warring Islamic empires/nation as in OTL. I think this will still necessitate an Islamic western Europe to look west for alternative trade routes.

UNLESS, a strong and well managed caliphate emerges uniting the bulk of the landmass into a political unit with nominally supportive outlaying political units.
 
I'm gonna call ASB. Islam was never even all that close in Europe. I don't think they ever had a real chance in China, Japan, or Indo-China, and only the very smallest of chances in India. In Europe you may be able to get Spain, Russia, and the Balkans, maybe with a bit of Italy too, but that would take some incredible luck, and the most incompetent European leadership imaginable. If they don't take down Constantinople early, then the Balkans and Russia are out of the question, and it's an open question as to whether there is a realistic way for them to take Constantinople early.
 
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