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"Max von Oppenheim, the German diplomat and orientalist, described Islam as “one of our most important weapons” in his famous position paper of October 1914. Oppenheim wanted to spark a Muslim revolt stretching from India to Morocco that Germany could use for its own purposes. Germany just needed to get the message across, Oppenheim insisted: Russia, Britain, and France were the oppressors of Muslims, whereas the Germans would liberate them",
-https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/187128/nazi-romance-with-islam
What if somehow, the Central Powers were able to incite a rebellion among the Islamic subjects of the British, French and Russian empires, either in all of the aforementioned colonies/territories or just one of them? What would need to happen for this rebellion to occur?