Historical and Contemporary Perspective of Christian-Muslim Dialogue: A Response to Historical Injustices and De-Radicalization in Kenya
- July 19, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VII, July 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Rev. Dr. Peter Mamuli Nyongesa
Chairman, Department of Social Science, Kaimosi Friends University College, Kenya
I. INTRODUCTION
The Ancient Christianity in Africa was packed in North Africa, Nubia (the valley of the Blue Nile) and Axum (exhibit day Ethiopia). According to Frederiks (2010:3) the primary Christian-Muslim experience on the African soil was tranquil in nature. Islamic displaced people who fled from oppression discovered haven in Africa. This accommodation and inter-religious acknowledgment is still much of the time alluded to as the African network for interfaith experiences. Be that as it may, with the Umayyad intrusion of North Africa, brutal characteristics and inevitable subjection of Christians to peon unfavorably spoiled the African lattice for interfaith experiences. Step by step, holy places in North Africa vanished as quittance from jizya through islamization outweighed everything else (Sanneh, 1983: 15-17). Ryan (2002: 189) takes note of that Islam had turned into the religion of the decision class. Muslim nearness in North Africa and ensuing transformation of Berbers from the tenth century brought about the decision class tolerating the Islamic confidence. For example, Kings of Gao (985 AD), Tekrur (1040 AD) and of old Ghana and Mali changed over to Islam (Clarke, 1983:10; Trimingham, 1992:28).
Christian-Muslim relations have encountered moments of truce in history and in addition traumatizing conflicts. Baur (1998) brings up that Christians and Muslims at times cooperated for their basic great as an indication of collaboration in the twelfth century. Baur (1998: 33) attests that when the Turks Mamlurks endeavor battled and surpassed Egypt in 1172 AD, a joint Christian-Muslim armed force was framed to oppose the assaulting armed force. In different events, Nubian Christians and Arab Muslims propelled counter-assaults against the Mamlurks (Baura, 1998:33). Christians from the South and Arab Muslims from the North joined endeavors to assault and overwhelmed the kingdom of Allodia in the South. The twelfth century saw between religious tranquil concurrence amongst Christians and Muslims (Mazrui, 2006:83).
