The Uncorruptible Fremens

The uncorruptible Fremens

In Frank Herberts Dune the Fremens are a desert people, they are pragmatic and good survivers, a simple people. Herbert based them on the pre-islamic beduin desert tribes.

But these tribes were corrupted by Islam. They were waiting for the Mahdi and then they embraced Islam with the Prophet Muhammed as the Mahdi. So they were corrupted by Islam. So they were a corruptable tribe.

Similarly the Fremens in Dune were corrupted by Paul Artredis, with his false religion promoted by the bene geseret. He became their Mahdi and they went on a Jihad killing maybe billions across the universe.

So we can see that the fremens are not only based on these pre-islamic beduin desert tribes but also follow the same history progression with a Mahdi and a Jihad.

Now who would the real uncorruptable fremens be. I guess it would be the lineage in the King James bible. Like Jacob, Abraham, Isaac, Judah and their house. They were not corruptable by some Mahdi, some false religion with a false christ. They were Gods chosen people.