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Christianity is the dominant religion in Kenya, adhered to by an estimated 85.5% of the total population. Islam is the second largest religion in Kenya , practiced by 10.9 percent [ 1 ] of Kenyans. Other faiths practiced in Kenya are Baháʼí , Buddhism , Hinduism and traditional religions .
The majority of Muslims in Kenya are Sunni Muslims forming 81% of the Muslim Population, 7% identify as Shia. [4] There are also sizeable populations of Ibadism and Quranist adherents. [ 5 ] In large part, Shias are Ismailis descended from or influenced by oceanic traders from the Middle East and India.
Kenya religion-related lists (1 C, 2 P) C. Christianity in Kenya (7 C, 5 P) E. Religious education in Kenya (2 C) H. Hinduism in Kenya (2 C, 2 P) I. Irreligion in ...
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), ... Islam is the second largest religion, comprising 11% of the population. [221] ...
Hinduism is a minority faith in Kenya, constituting 0.13% of the population of Kenya. [1] Due to the efforts of the Hindu Council of Kenya, Kenya is one of only three African countries to recognise Hinduism as a religion. [2] Hindus are free to practise their religion in Kenya, and several Kenyan cities have Hindu temples. [3]
The emerging national culture of Kenya has several strong dimensions that include the rise of a national language, the full acceptance of Kenyan as an identity, the success of a postcolonial constitutional order, the ascendancy of ecumenical religions, the urban dominance of multiethnic cultural productions, and increased national cohesion" [1]
The religion was founded by Elijah Masinde in 1936. After Kenyan independence in 1968, Dini ya Msambwa was declared illegal and Masinde was arrested for fomenting hatred of the Christian religion. [4] Dini Ya Msambwa takes the form of an African traditional religion; its followers worshipping through ancestral Spirits (known as Msambwa) in ...
The Baháʼí Faith in Kenya began with three individuals. First, Richard St. Barbe Baker took a constructive engagement with the indigenous religion of Kenyans to a United Kingdom conference on religions, where, in sympathy with his efforts, he was presented with the Baháʼí Faith and became a convert. [1]