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Highlight the factors that facilitated the spread of Islam in North Eastern Kenya up to the 20th Century.

      

Highlight the factors that facilitated the spread of Islam in North Eastern Kenya up to the 20th Century.

  

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Maurice
(i) The Sufi movements or orders helped spread Islam in the region.

(ii) Influence of the salafis in the region his contribution largely to the spread of Islam in the area.

(iii) The lifestyle of the Somalis helped them move around the region with ease and assisted a lot in the spread of Islam.

(iv) Muslim charity organizations have assisted in the establishment of centres for Islamic learning, revertees, among others.

(v) External migration and settlement of people from bordering areas led to the spread of Islam in this area.

(vi) Development of towns such as Mandera, Wajir, acted as centres of attraction to Muslim sheikhs and preachers.

(vii) Close proximity to centres of Islam such as Arabian peninsula and Yemen made it easier for islamization.

(viii) Trade acted as a factor as Arabs from Yemen moved these regions and contacted the north eastern Kenya people.

(ix) Arabs intermarried with the Oromos and Somalis and in the process they embraced Islam.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on August 13, 2019 at 09:37


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