Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen has proven itself to be a highly adaptable organisation.
Their most recent evolution has seen them transform from an overt, military and …

This article examines the history of Somalis in Kenya. It argues that the precarious
citizenship status of Kenyan Somalis is rooted in the institutionalization of state power in …

Swahili Muslim Publics and Postcolonial Experience is an exploration of the ideas and
public discussions that have shaped and defined the experience of Kenyan coastal Muslims …

This article traces the evolution of an Islamist ideology in Kenya's public discourse, putting
Islamist ideas within a longer history of Muslim politics than most other studies. Specifically …

This report is based on ten days of desk-based research and provides a short synthesis of
the literature on the conflicts and violence in Kenya. It was prepared for the European …

In the last decade, while suffering a dramatic escalation of terrorist attacks by Al-Shabaab,
Kenya has become a major source of recruits for the Somali-based organisation. Relying on …

In late September 2013, four militants associated with the Somali insurgent group al
Shabaab walked into an upmarket shopping centre in Nairobi. Armed with automatic …

Violent Islamic extremism is affecting a growing number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
In some, jihadi Salafi organizations have established home bases and turned into …

The political reforms of 1990s in Kenya provided extremist Muslim activists the prospect to
articulate a political vision that runs counter to the secular principle of plural co-existence …

Focusing on the Kenya coast, this article analyses the developing contrast between the
place of Islam and Christianity in public politics. It argues that Islam's association with …