The 1947 statute preserved European minority dominance over the Muslim majority.

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: France’s 1947 statute for Algeria collapsed into compromise and left Muslim deputies abstaining; By the early 1900s nearly all of the Muslim world fell under European rule — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 175

Related

• By the early 1900s nearly all of the Muslim world fell under European rule (similarity 0.92)
• European powers ruled over three quarters of the Muslim world by the 1920s (similarity 0.84)
• European empires colonized Muslim states through loans as well as invasion. (similarity 0.81)
• Postwar Europe’s Muslim population traced to French and British colonial ties (similarity 0.81)
• Ottoman decline opened non-hostile European study of Islam (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• By the early 1900s nearly all of the Muslim world fell under European rule #expands (0.55) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 175