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Kenya has a new constitution
by John D. BoyIn Kenya, the “yes” side was able to claim a landslide victory in a referendum on what has been heralded as the country’s first homegrown constitution. The proposal passed against...
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The Kenyan constitution and the failure of Pan-African theology
by John D. Boy...in the constitution make Kenya an Islamic state, and yet Kenya should be secular. On the other hand, the leaders want that same secular Kenya they are fighting for to...
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George Lakoff on The Obama Code
by Ruth Braunstein...the Obama Code. For the sake of unity, the President tends to express his moral vision indirectly. Like other self-aware and highly articulate speakers, he connects with his audience using...
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As ice melts, Kenyans wonder: Is God dead?
by Jessica Polebaum...tallest peak), the destruction represents a blow to the faith of the many Kenyans who worship the mountain: The stories of Mt. Kenya’s worshipers put a human face on a...
Islam and the Secular State
Misrepresenting Islam
by Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im...of Kenya was never part of dar al-Islam at any point in time. More specifically, when Senator Obama’s father was born, Kenya was a British colony, which means that Shari`a...
Religion and the 2008 election
The preacher and the politician
by Dwight Hopkins...Wright, Jr. Obama’s letter of resignation, sent to the new Trinity senior pastor (Otis Moss, III), mentions the “distractions” of Wright’s sermons, among other examples, as one of the factors...
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Skyping secularism: Religion and multiple modernities
by Thomas Alberts...family code was debated hotly after independence, with women’s groups and Muslim authorities disagreeing on a range of issues. The family code is essentially a set of laws that regulates...