By the early 1900s nearly all of the Muslim world fell under European rule

Evidence

By the early twentieth century, much of the Muslim world was subject to European rule, with only a handful of states in the Middle East—Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Yemen—escaping European colonial domination as the dust settled from World War I. By the 1930s, Europe, along with its colonies and ex-colonies, constituted almost 85 percent of the earth’s land surface. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 175

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 1947 statute preserved European minority dominance over the Muslim majority.; Postwar Europe’s Muslim population traced to French and British colonial ties — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 336; Western hostility to Islam shifted from theological to political rationales across the centuries — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 106 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Islam became the convenient enemy to mobilize Europe’s territorial ambitions #expands (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 60
• Muslim monarchs initiated Western-style modernization to defend against colonialism #responds-to (0.40) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 299
• Western hostility to Islam shifted from theological to political rationales across the centuries #complicates (0.35) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 106