2015年3月29日星期日

Yahoo! News: Education News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Education News


In Kenya, religious coexistence feels pressure of stronger Muslim identity

Posted: 29 Mar 2015 06:08 AM PDT

Her attire speaks to a series of compromises between her Christian-funded school and its Muslim students. This is the trade-off for attending Malindi Central Primary School, one of Kenya's many church-sponsored public schools. Administrators are struggling to figure out how to accommodate a growing and increasingly devout Muslim population in public schools founded and often funded by churches. "There is this fear that Muslims are stepping on other people's toes by demanding to practice their faith in places that don't belong to them," says Hassan Ole Naado, head of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM).
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