AHC/WI: Islam as influential as Buddhism in Western Sci-Fi

There is certainly a noticeable influence of Buddhist ideas and themes in a lot of Western Sci-Fi, particularly during the 60s and 70s when Eastern Religions were in vogue, and I was wondering what would have to happen for Islam to be as influential as Buddhism, either in stead of or alongside it, and what would Western Sci-Fi look like as a result?
 
There is certainly a noticeable influence of Buddhist ideas and themes in a lot of Western Sci-Fi, particularly during the 60s and 70s when Eastern Religions were in vogue, and I was wondering what would have to happen for Islam to be as influential as Buddhism, either in stead of or alongside it, and what would Western Sci-Fi look like as a result?
If Islam was influential alongside buddhism, islamic motifs like Hajj, elements from Djinn might be present in alien races.
 
You'd have to have Islam be as in vogue as Buddhism, for one. And how would that really work, since a lot of Islamic elements could easily be interpreted as Christian elements aside from things like the Hajj, a city like Mecca, etc. It would probably also touch on a lot of orientalist-style motifs, like harems full of exotic women, but it isn't like SF ever lacked for that.

Well, there's Dune.

Could always make it even more Islamic.
 
as a point of interest, one aspect of Islamic folklore (not actually Islamic doctrine--it comes from pre-existing customs) that i learned about recently is that, supposedly, in the afterlife Muslims will have to walk across a razor-thin bridge (i unfortunately can't recall the name off the top of my head) and the faithful would be able to make it across to Paradise while sinners would fall off it into Hell. maybe that could be a common motif in this hypothetical Islam-inspired sci-fi?

and of course, iirc there are some stories in One Thousand and One Nights that could be construed as sci-fi in the same way that Japan's The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is (refresher: Princess Kaguya who comes from the Moon)

EDIT: Aṣ-Ṣirāṭ is the name i was looking for
 
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My imagination takes me to Frank Herbert's Dune from 1965. Get us a big budget Sci-fi epic movie, perhaps after Forbidden Planet the studios pursue Sci-fi more than just B-movie material, and well done it might hit just as the environmental movement and culture shift of the later 1960s or early 1970s resonates with America. The Arabic and Islamic tones are obvious, perhaps rugged simpler ascetic explorers versus modern conspicuous consumption themes play better, and if this is before the middle east devolves into anarchy, violence and excess wealth itself, the imprint will be there. Maybe I Dream of Jeanne is less light-hearted and fairy-tale in its treatment of our Genie, or other depictions give a more compelling treatment of the culture. I recall how sympathetic the Berber was portrayed in the Wind and the Lion, it seemed to equate their individualism and spirit with the American frontier ideal. So less cowboy westerns and more such movies?
 
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