Kenya and Religion

Stephanie Branson
SOC 202 8/31/2007


Kenya and Religion
http://allafrica.com/stories/200708291172.html


After reading the article on Kenya and their politics I was able to find out that Kenya is a very diverse country, which is divided into many different ethnicitys and religions. Some of these include Hinduism, Buddhism the Sikh religion, Christians as well as Islamic followers, in which Christians are the majority. The article basically discussed how the people are so diverse and how that diversity should not affect the politics. Mainly dealing with that of Allah and how it should not be used to make people change their religions. I believe the example was what if one person was elected into office does that now mean that everyone has to stop being Muslim just because the person who is elected does not follow that particular type of practice. It was stated that every Muslim has their own right to choose who they want for as the president as long as that person has not insulted their God, their prophet or their religion.
Once again this article is very similar to that of which I read the last time. Its main focus is that there are different types of people with different types of religions and beliefs all around the world. The problem is that no one wants to be left behind or left out in my opinion. Just because a Muslim president is elected now the Buddha’s do not want to feel like they are not going to be able to get their point across due to the fact that they do not share the same types of beliefs. It is all about trying to make sure everyone no matter what their race or ethnicity may be but that they too will have a voice.