Study to Examine the Influence of Contemporary Islamic Ideologies in Kenya: Lamu and Tana River Counties

Kenya, Religious movements, Islamic thought, Lamu, Tana River

The focus of this research is on unpacking contemporary religious movements within Muslim populations in the Kenyan counties of Lamu and Tana River. The study seeks to understand the impact of various religious movements amongst the Muslim populace in these two counties. It explores religious leaders’ experiences of the changes within conventional schools of Islamic thought and jurisprudence as well as the advent of contemporary movements. The study considers how religious leaders engage with broader religious debates and trends within different schools of Islamic thought, emerging Islamic jurisprudence and contemporary Islamic movements shaping the religious domain in Lamu and Tana River