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Title: | Muslims in Kenya: An Overview |
Authors: | Ayubi, Shaheen Mohyuddin, Sakina |
Year: | 1994 |
Periodical: | Journal of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 1-2 |
Period: | January-July |
Pages: | 144-156 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | Islam Islamic history Religion and Witchcraft Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02666959408716313 |
Abstract: | This paper presents an overview of the situation of Muslims in Kenya. A section on the early history of Islam in East Africa deals with the arrival of the first Muslims on the East African coast in 700 AD, the consequences of the arrival of the Portuguese in East Africa at the end of the 15th century, the restoration of Muslim power in the last quarter of the 18th century and the expansion of Islam under colonialism. Muslims in Kenya today include African Muslims (Somali, Swahili, Oromo and Bantu) and South Asian Muslims (Sunni and Shia Muslims). Although Muslims constitute the majority in three of the eight provinces in the country, they remain the poorest and the least represented and educated classes of Kenyan society, due to several political, economic and social factors. Since 1963 non-Muslim Kenyans have occupied most top-level governmental positions; the Muslim community lacks a political leader; the Moi government refuses to register the IPK (Islamic Party of Kenya); and the Muslim community lacks educational opportunities and a monetary power base. Notes, ref. |