Can someone explain why Charles Martel loses (and dies) and is crushed at Tours -Poitiers in 732, or alternatively, Constantinople is conquered in 717 is not a sufficient POD for an Islamic Ireland?
Alternatively, another POD would be Duke of Aquataine losing in the Battle of Toulouse in 722, since Charles Martel's grip on power wasn't as strong then. You can couple it with a longer Civil War of 715-716. Let's say Charles Martel dies then, and as a result, the war drags on into the 720's, creating a situation that parallels Visigothic Spain. The Muslims move in, and intervene in the war, and wind up conquering most of Southern Gaul. Imagine another POD, with the fall of Constatinople in 717 to the Arab Armies. With enough PODs favoring the Muslims, I think we can potentially see an Islamic Europe.
Of course, it would take quite a few PODs, but hey, if there was a AHC about the OTL Rise of Islam, I think ASB would be what everyone would call it.
Alternatively, another POD would be Duke of Aquataine losing in the Battle of Toulouse in 722, since Charles Martel's grip on power wasn't as strong then. You can couple it with a longer Civil War of 715-716. Let's say Charles Martel dies then, and as a result, the war drags on into the 720's, creating a situation that parallels Visigothic Spain. The Muslims move in, and intervene in the war, and wind up conquering most of Southern Gaul. Imagine another POD, with the fall of Constatinople in 717 to the Arab Armies. With enough PODs favoring the Muslims, I think we can potentially see an Islamic Europe.
Of course, it would take quite a few PODs, but hey, if there was a AHC about the OTL Rise of Islam, I think ASB would be what everyone would call it.