My Dune take is that it's a great book about the blowback that comes from imperial powers, motivated by resource extraction needs, trying to thwart the religious and political aspirations of indigenous peoples.
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It's both, baby
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But God Emporer is definitely about the 1000 years of the Catholic Church.
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White Mohammed.
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Maybe, Herbert had some pretty sketchy views on Islam once he really started developing the Tleilaxu
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Lawrence of Arabia, more like.
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