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7.1 Islam in Kenya
Islamic Religious Education · Grade 9 · 7 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Spread of Islam in Kenya: Coast, Western, Central and North Eastern
- Factors that facilitated the spread of Islam; effects of contact with local people
- Challenges faced by early Muslims
What you will be able to do
- describe the factors that facilitated the spread of Islam in Kenya
- explain the effects of the contact between the early Muslims and the natives as a factor of civilisation
- examine the challenges faced by the early Muslims in the propagation of Islam
- appreciate the contribution of Islam to the development of culture in Kenya
Key questions
“What factors facilitated the spread of Islam in Kenya?”
“What was the impact of the contact between the early Muslims and the natives?”
Lessons
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Islam at the Kenyan Coast
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe how Islam came to the Kenyan Coast through monsoon trade and intermarriage, and identify early Muslim towns and mosques.
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Islam in Western Kenya
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe how Islam spread to Western Kenya through caravan traders and the support of Nabongo Mumia, making Mumias a Muslim centre.
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Islam in Central Kenya and Nairobi
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe how Islam spread in Central Kenya and Nairobi through the railway, traders, Nubian settlers and towns.
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Islam in North Eastern Kenya
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizDescribe how Islam reached North Eastern Kenya overland from the Horn of Africa with Somali pastoralists and teachers.
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Factors that facilitated the spread of Islam in Kenya
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizSummarise the factors that facilitated the spread of Islam across Kenya.
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Effects of contact between early Muslims and local people
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExplain the effects of contact between early Muslims and local people on language, architecture, dress, literacy, towns and law; model heritage items.
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Challenges faced by early Muslims
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizExamine the challenges faced by early Muslims in spreading Islam in Kenya, and appreciate their perseverance.