[who_would_fardels_bear]

Our only possible salvation from the AI robots is if Islam takes over and takes civilization back to the dark ages.

I think this was something of a theme in Dune where great monarchical families had agreed to limit research into AI for fear of it taking over. These families all had very Arabic sounding names.

[ClearCase_guy]

Yes. The Butlerian Jihad in Dune was specifically against machines made in the likeness of a man's mind.

Jihad, Butlerian: (see also Great Revolt) — the crusade against computers, thinking machines, and conscious robots begun in 201 B.G. and concluded in 108 B.G. Its chief commandment remains in the O.C. Bible as "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

O.C. means "Orange Catholic" Bible. Frank Herbert mixed and matched his allusions to religions, but you are correct that he dipped heavily into Islamic stuff.

[pgkdan]

These families all had very Arabic sounding names.

The Fremen on the Spice planet of Arakas were based on muslims and had muslim sounding names and attitudes. Not the noble families.

[Kommodor]

I re-read dune sometime around 2009, having first read it in college many moons ago.

The intervening years and knowledge gained post 2001 ... yeah, it felt like reading a sci-fi apologia for *slam.

No, thanks, done with that, don’t need anymore.