The Church and Islam
Vyama Vingi (Multipartyism) and the Ufungamano Talks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20078303 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Chesworth (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 155-180 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Religion and Politics in Kenya (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230100510_6 |
| OpenAlex | W2490098694 |
| ISBN | 9780230100510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Islam and Christianity have contested with each other in Kenya since Ludwig Krapf's arrival in Mombasa (1844). Krapf was sent by the Church Missionary Society, with a letter of commendation from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the governor. During the British colonial period (1895–1963), Christianity was regarded as having been favored by the colonial authorities and as having gained the ascendancy. Initially, because of their literacy and the decision to use Swahili as the language of administration, Muslims were employed by the British. However, they were superseded by those who had been educated at the Christian mission schools. At independence, Muslims felt that they were regarded as second-class citizens (Kheir 2007:158). On the coastal strip, which was under the control of the Sultan of Zanzibar until 1892, Muslims maintained their own legal system, Kadhi's courts,1 throughout the colonial period. These were expanded under Jomo Kenyatta, the first president (1964–1978). He signed an agreement with the government of Zanzibar, for the continued existence of Kadhi's courts on the coastal strip. After independence Kadhi's courts were also established in all of the provinces. Their existence became entrenched in the constitution of the Republic of Kenya. It is of interest to note that Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanganyika, later Tanzania (1961–1985), also signed a similar agreement to keep Kadhi's courts on the coastal strip. After independence, all the Kadhi's courts on the mainland were closed, a current cause for dissent in Tanzania.KeywordsCoastal StripDraft ConstitutionWeekly ReviewMuslim YouthMultiparty ElectionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Ancient history · Archaeology · Christianity · Colonialism · Constitution · Dissent · Ethnology · Geography · Independence (probability theory) · Islam · Political science · Politics · Swahili · Tanzania · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |