===== Points of Divergence : Islam ===== Islam is an Abrahamic faith related to [[Christianity]] and [[jews and judaism|Judaism]]. It was founded in the 7th century by Mohammed/Muhammad and spread quickly, both through conquest and missionary activity. Today, it is the world's second most followed religion. This page lists links to discussions about various potential points of divergence in the religion's history - some more plausible, some more far-fetched, but all of them interesting options for alternate developments of Islam and its interaction with other religions and predominantly non-Muslim OTL cultures. ---- ==== Muhammad PODs ==== * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=36798|No Muhammad]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=72602|Muhammad is a Jew]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=58442|Muhammad is a Christian]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268490|Plausibility check: Christian Muhammad]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=26240|Muhammad is a Zoroastrian]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=339427|WI: Khosrau II captures/executes/assassinates Mohammed]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=343325|World Religions without Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=366750|Religions in a world where Islam never spreads]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Development of Islam PODs ==== * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=95578|WI Islam was never founded ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=290003|WI Islam had never existed]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=69694|No Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=186538|WI no Islam ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252160|A world without Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=100223|Most plausible butterflying away of Islam ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=91206|Islam extinguished]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=5284|Islam dies out]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=239243|The consequences of a world without Islam ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=111869|What religious effects would the non-existance of Islam cause ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=10498|What effect would the destruction of Mekka and Medina have on Islam ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=87174|Weaker Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=165263|How to keep Islam from growing ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=374349|Challenge: Caliph as an elected title, not hereditary]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=224041|WI Islam wasn't anti-alcohol ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=60684|Alcohol-fueled Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=274255|Is it possible for the Caliph to become a position like the Pope (what PODs) ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=212422|Islam without slavery]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=362788|Khawarij caliphate starts after First civil war]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=231305|WI: North Africa without Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=205177|Keeping Islam out of North Africa]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=152546|WI Islam loses North Africa and the Near East]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=375338|WI: Ahmad Ibn Hanbal dies in prison]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=165090|Challenge: Islam considered Christian (a part of Christianity)]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=371742|Challenge: Unite Christianity and Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=38348|Could Christianity have flourished without Islam ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=251037|WI Islam becomes a minority faith in its land of origin, but still widespread globally ?]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/vatican-city-esque-states-for-medina-and-mecca.317693/|Vatican City-esque states for Medina and Mecca ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=238108|A more oriental Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=92468|Islam decides to ignore The Byzantines]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=351126|Muslim civilisations without the Mongol invasions ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=232777|A Better High Middle Ages for Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=38374|When did Islam began to decline in its progresiveness ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=362575|Keeping the Islamic world and Islamic culture/science more vigorous]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=372574|WI the office of Caliph still existed ?]]** * **[[http://digi20.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb00048272_00001.html|Arabs win 718 at Constantinople AND 732 in France]]** (German) * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== OTL predominantly non-Muslim countries and nations becoming mostly Muslim ==== * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=227100|Islam-Christian geographic switch]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=203274|WI Islam won out in Europe ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=11542|Western Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=12769|Roman Empire and Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=320992|Challenge: Muslim Roman Empire]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=4304|Islam (or its close ATL analogue) vs. a Pagan Byzantine Empire]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=163290|Greek Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247299|An Islamic Greek state ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=56699|Challenge: Constantine converts to Islam]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=76226&|Discussion on Russia forming as a Muslim nation instead of an Orthodox Christian one]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=100864|Vladimír I. decides to convert the Kievan Rus to... Islam...]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245940|Russia becoming a Muslim nation]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=76226|Russia becoming Muslim due to Bulgars and Cumans converting to Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130084|A Turkic Muslim Russia ?]]** * **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=72730&|More discussion on Russia becoming Muslim, this time focusing on Kazan]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=37536|Plausibility check: Islamic Vikings/Norsemen ? (1)]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272515|Plausibility check: Islamic Vikings/Norsemen ? (2)]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=355284|Challenge: Islamic Scandinavia by 1000 AD]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/england-becomes-muslim.10193/|Challenge: England becomes Muslim]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=162849|What if Vlad III. Tepes/Dracula converted to Islam ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=135733|Best POD for Islam in southern Italy ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=6018|Islam in Venice ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=173020|WI Persia doesn't convert to Shia Islam]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=226117|Sinicized versions of Christianity or Islam gaining power in China ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=201657|WI Tang Emperor Converted to Islam]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/islam-reaches-taiwan.157802/|Islam reaches Taiwan (1)]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/challenge-muslim-taiwan.133529/|Islam reaches Taiwan (2)]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-taiwan-became-muslim.125290/|If Taiwan became Muslim]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=224185|An Islamic Japan]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=162904|An Islamic Romania]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Various PODs ==== * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=54019|Largest possible monastic state ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=167687|Challenge: Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are world's only major religions]]** * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-islam-was-as-old-as-christianity.405707/|WI Islam was as old as Christianity ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8268|What would a modern world with no historical experience of Islam look/feel like ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=354866|Without Islam, is technological development considerably hindered ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=131644|Islam remains illegal in Europe]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=289388|A large conversion of nationality from Islam to a different religion]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/more-peaceful-co-existence-of-abrahamic-religions-in-iberia.153732/|More peaceful co-existence of Abrahamic religions in Iberia]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=247220|What could unite the Bedouins if not Islam ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256832|WI: Islam vs. Manichaeism ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265649|Plausibility check: Actual Islamic Fascism (1)]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=233280|Plausibility check: Actual Islamic Fascism (2)]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272321|Plausibility check: A policy capable of peacefully converting Muslims]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=314777|Plausibility check: Anything preventing the proper reestablishing of a caliphate ?]]** * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=316462|Effect on Islam if the Black Stone in the Kaaba shrine was devastated by a serious natural disaster (meteor strike, etc.) ?]]** * Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[Christianity|Points of Divergence concerning Christianity]]** **[[jews and judaism|Points of Divergence concerning Judaism and Jews]]** **[[buddhism|Points of Divergence concerning Buddhism]]** **[[hinduism|Points of Divergence concerning Hinduism]]** **[[Various other religions|Points of Divergence concerning various other religions]]** **[[indigenous religions|Points of Divergence concerning indigenous religions]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[pods:religions|Religious PODs Main Directory]]** **[[pods:pods|Points of Divergence Main Directory]]**