The challenge is to have Islam spread across Mainland Southeast Asia beyond Malaya and the Cham and become the majority religion (at least 60 - 70%). Bonus points if all five countries (Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) are Muslim-majority. Vietnam alone also accords bonus points, since I'm under the impression that it's the hardest Indochinese country to convert.
I've seen many ideas thrown around in this old thread, like:
I've seen many ideas thrown around in this old thread, like:
- The retention of the Mekong by Cambodia, which is Cambodia's best riverport, and where most of the trade with China would pass by. This would make the Malay traders much more likely to proselytize and trade in Indochina.
- Shorter Cambodian Dark Ages, leading to a Khmer king eventually marrying a Malaysian, Bruneian or Cham princess
- Switching Siam and Cambodia around following either previous PoD or both of them; rather than Siam exploiting an anarchic Cambodia, Cambodia exploits an anarchic Siam
- Instability in Siam between 1300 and 1500
- The earlier death of Zheng He, allowing Islam to make more inroads in Thailand through Malaya
- A surviving Bengal Sultanate, which converts more ethnic groups of Myanmar and Northeast India and makes conquests in the region
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