History Main / Eurabia

While Ye'or's theories have been derided by a lot of academics, it has not stopped her work from inspiring a number of works imagining the Islamic takeover of Europe. Bear in mind that a lot of the mindset on this trope involves an Arab equals Muslim view, which ignores non-Muslim Arabs or non-Arab Muslims.

** Parodied in an episode where Bart befriends a Muslim family, and Homer, who'd been watching too many episodes of ''Series/TwentyFour'', has a nightmare about Springfield becoming Islamicized, with the Genie from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' transforming American things into stereotypical Muslim things. (And turning all music into copies of Cat Stevens albums)
** In another episode, "Days of Future Past", Milhouse is living in Michigan, which in the future is under shariah law, and is forced to wear a hijab.

* In the "WhatIf'' counter-factual novel written by actual historians, one of the AlternateHistory scenarios describes the Battle of Tours being won by the Muslim invaders of Spain. After the defeat of the Frankish army, the Caliphate keeps bringing in more forces across the Mediterranean, ultimately conquering most of Western Europe and surrounding the Byzantine Empire on two sides, while reintroducing infrastructure and central governance absent in those areas since the Romans. When European explorers sail to the new world, they're carrying Korans, not Bibles, ultimately turning Muhammad's doctrine into the single largest religion on Earth.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurabia Eurabia]] (a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Arabia") is the name given to a hypothetical future scenario in which, thanks to a supposed declining birth rate among white Europeans and capitulation from politicians trying to appeal to immigrant communities, Europe becomes ruled by Muslims, who reshape the continent to resemble the Middle East (specifically either Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan). While the word itself was first used as a name for the newsletter of a Euro-Arab friendship committee in the 1970s, the concept underlying its modern usage was coined by Bat Ye'or in her 2005 book ''Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis'', which claimed that there was a conspiracy underway between France and the Arab world to allow Europe to become "Islamicized" as part of a plan to increase its power against the United States and Israel.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurabia Eurabia]] (a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Arabia") is the name given to a hypothetical future scenario in which, thanks to a supposed declining birth rate among white Europeans and capitulation from politicians trying to appeal to immigrant communities, Europe becomes ruled by Muslims, who reshape the continent to resemble the Middle East (specifically either Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan). While the word itself was first used as a name for the newsletter of a Euro-Arab friendship committee in the 1970s, the concept underlying its modern usage was coined by Bat Ye'or in her book ''Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis'', which claimed that there was a conspiracy underway between France and the Arab world to allow Europe to become "Islamicized" as part of a plan to increase its power against the United States and Israel.

* In the "WhatIf'' counter-factual novel written by actual historians, one of the AlternateHistory scenarios describes the Battle of Tours being won by the Muslim invaders of Spain. After the defeat of the Frankish army, the Abassids keep bringing in more forces, ultimately conquering most of Western Europe and surrounding the Byzantine Empire on two sides, while reintroducing infrastructure and central governance absent in those areas since the Romans. When European explorers sail to the new world, they're carrying Korans, not Bibles, ultimately turning Muhammad's doctrine into the single largest religion on Earth.

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[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurabia Eurabia]] (a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Arabia") is the name given to a hypothetical future scenario in which, thanks to a supposed declining birth rate among white Europeans and capitulation from politicians trying to appeal to immigrant communities, Europe becomes ruled by Muslims, who reshape the continent to resemble the Middle East (specifically either Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan). While the word itself was first used as a name for the newsletter of a Euro-Arab friendship committee in the 1970s, the concept underlying its modern usage was coined by Bat Ye'or in her book ''Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis'', which claimed that there was a conspiracy underway between France and the Arab world to allow Europe to become "Islamicized" as part of a plan to increase its power against the United States and Israel.

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** In another episode, "Days of Future Past", Milhouse is living in Michigan, which in the future is under shariah law, and is forced to wear a hijab.

As arguments over the actual plausibility of this are often prone to FlameBait, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

** Parodied in an episode where Bart befriends a Muslim family, and Homer, who'd been watching too many episodes of ''Series/TwentyFour'', has a nightmare about Springfield becoming Islamicized, with the Genie from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' transforming American things into stereotypical Muslim things.

* Way back in TheFifties, ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' featured a constant state of tension between [[TheGoodKingdom Narnia]] and [[TheEmpire Calormen]]. Narnia is a MagicalLand patterned on Christian virtues and European folklore, while Calormen is a cruel and expansionist nation-state located in TheSavageSouth and [[ArabianNightsDays patterned on]] the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' stories. ''Literature/TheLastBattle'', Creator/CSLewis's final installment in the series, centres on a Calormene invasion of Narnia. In TheFifties, there was less anxiety than there is today about Islam in Europe, so the Calormene threat draws more on the historical spectre of Moorish and Ottoman incursions into Europe centuries ago -- which makes sense, considering the series's MedievalEuropeanFantasy nature. Moreover, the Calormene faith is polytheistic and closer to the Middle East's pre-Abrahamic pantheons than to Islam. On the other hand, Lewis does sneak in a few jabs at politically correct multiculturalism, like when LesCollaborateurs insist that the Calormene god Tash and the Narnian god Aslan are one and the same.

* Way back in TheFifties, ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' featured a constant state of tension between [[TheGoodKingdom Narnia]] and [[TheEmpire Calormen]]. Narnia is a MagicalLand patterned on Christian virtues and European folklore, while Calormen is a cruel and expansionist nation-state located in TheSavageSouth and [[ArabianNightsDays patterned on]] the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' stories. ''Literature/TheLastBattle'', Creator/CSLewis's final installment in the series, centres on a Calormene invasion of Narnia. In TheFifties, there was less anxiety than there is today about Islam in Europe, so the Calormene threat draws more on the historical spectre of Moorish and Ottoman incursions into Europe centuries ago -- which makes sense, considering the series's MedievalEuropeanFantasy nature. On the other hand, Lewis does sneak in a few jabs at politically correct multiculturalism, like when LesCollaborateurs insist that the Calormene god Tash and the Narnian god Aslan are one and the same.

While Ye'or's theories have been derided by a lot of academics, it has not stopped her work from inspiring a number of works imagining the Islamic takeover of Europe.

* Way back in TheFifties, ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' featured a constant state of tension between [[TheKingdom Narnia]] and [[TheEmpire Calormen]]. Narnia is a MagicalLand patterned on Christian virtues and European folklore, while Calormen is a cruel and expansionist nation-state located in TheSavageSouth and [[ArabianNightsDays patterned on]] the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' stories. ''Literature/TheLastBattle'', Creator/CSLewis's final installment in the series, centres on a Calormene invasion of Narnia. In TheFifties, there was less anxiety than there is today about Islam in Europe, so the Calormene threat draws more on the historical spectre of Moorish and Ottoman incursions into Europe centuries ago -- which makes sense, considering the series's MedievalEuropeanFantasy nature. On the other hand, Lewis does sneak in a few jabs at politically correct multiculturalism, like when LesCollaborateurs insist that the Calormene god Tash and the Narnian god Aslan are one and the same.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'': In the sequel, the totally-not Al-Qaeda GLA ([[HarsherInHindsight which is awful lot more comparable to ISIS]]) manages to get its forces into Western Europe (thanks in part to U.S. isolationism), but China ends up as the final victor.
** A popular GameMod callled ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheReds'' postulates that the GLA invasion actually reversed the trend of the Islamisation of Europe; basicly the European Muslims were so utterly disgusted by the GLA's chain of warcrimes that they denounced anything having to do with them and subsequently tried harder than ever to integrate and accept Western values, in an attempt to escape any potential stigma they could suffer from it. This is especially true in Germany with its large Turkish minority and cited as a direct example. As far as the story goes, it worked out and Islamic extremism, and the GLA in particular, come out severely weakened, if sadly not fully defeated (by the assumed 2040s, the GLA has a strong foothold in middle Africa, but not much support elsewhere).

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurabia Eurabia]] (a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Arabia") is the name given to a hypothetical future scenario in which, thanks to a supposed declining birth rate among white Europeans and capitulation from politicians trying to appeal to immigrant communities, Europe becomes ruled by Muslims, who reshape the continent to resemble the Middle East (specifically either Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan). While the word itself was first used as a name for the newsletter of a Euro-Arab friendship committee in the 1970's, the concept underlying its modern usage was coined by Bat Ye'or in her book ''Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis'', which claimed that there was a conspiracy underway between France and the Arab world to allow Europe to become "Islamicized" as part of a plan to increase its power against the United States and Israel.

Usually involves a BadFuture. May be part of an AuthorTract or FilibusterFreefall. Compare and contrast other region-specific cases of TakeOverTheWorld (AmericaTakesOverTheWorld, RussiaTakesOverTheWorld, etc.)

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'': In the sequel, the totally-not Al-Qaeda GLA manages to get its forces into Western Europe (thanks in part to U.S. isolationism), but China ends up as the final victor.

[[http://e.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurabia Eurabia]] (a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Arabia") is the name given to a hypothetical future scenario in which, thanks to a supposed declining birth rate among white Europeans and capitulation from politicians trying to appeal to immigrant communities, Europe becomes ruled by Muslims, who reshape the continent to resemble the Middle East (specifically either Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan). While the word itself was first used as a name for the newsletter of a Euro-Arab friendship committee in the 1970's, the concept underlying its modern usage was coined by Bat Ye'or in her book ''Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis'', which claimed that there was a conspiracy underway between France and the Arab world to allow Europe to become "Islamicized" as part of a plan to increase its power against the United States and Israel.

* In ''Literature/{{Flashback}}'', Europe has been taken over by global caliphate.
* In ''Literature/{{Caliphate}}'', Europe is part of a global caliphate, and only the United States is still beyond its reach.

* ''The Camp of the Saints'' might be an UrExample; written in 1973, it portrays France, and later the rest of Europe, being overtaken by immigrants from the third world, although in this example, the takeover originates from India, rather than the Middle East.

[[http://e.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurabia Eurabia]] (a portmanteau of "Europe" and "Arabia") is the name given to a hypothetical future scenario in which, thanks to a supposed declining birth rate among white Europeans and capitulation from politicians trying to appeal to immigrant communities, Europe becomes ruled by Muslims, who reshape the continent to resemble the Middle East (specifically either Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan.) While the word itself was first used as a name for the newsletter of a Euro-Arab friendship committee in the 1970's, the concept underlying its modern usage was coined by Bat Ye'or in her book ''Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis'', which claimed that there was a conspiracy underway between France and the Arab world to allow Europe to become "Islamicized" as part of a plan to increase its power against the United States and Israel.

* Parodied in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' where Bart befriends a Muslim family, and Homer, who's been watching too many episodes of ''Series/TwentyFour'', has a nightmare about Springfield becoming Islamicized, with the Genie from ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' transforming American things into stereotypical Muslim things.
** In another Simpsons episode, "Days of Future Past", Milhouse is living in Michigan, which in the future is under shariah law, and is forced to wear a hijab.

As this is often prone to FlameBait, NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.