From Periphery to Promise: Ruto’s High-Stakes Bet on North Eastern Kenya
Hate him or love him, Kenya’s fifth Head of State has shown a level of sustained interest in the North that none of his predecessors ever did.
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March 24, 2026
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Hate him or love him, Kenya’s fifth Head of State has shown a level of sustained interest in the North that none of his predecessors ever did.
“He is not of us who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect our elders” (Tirmidhi).
The disparity between Northern Kenya and the rest of the country did not begin in our time. It is the outcome of a map drawn more than a century ago
The goal of World Hijab Day is to create a more understanding and tolerant world for Muslim women.
Gaza was not a deviation from the morality of the financial and political class that oversaw its annihilation. It was their culmination
Returnees describe hours of interrogation, physical abuse and confiscation of personal belongings at the Rafah crossing
Religious leaders must stop avoiding this subject for fear of controversy. Silence in the face of harm is not wisdom; it is abdication of duty.
Islam is clear. Allah commands justice, accountability, and integrity in leadership. Political office, therefore, is not a license to accumulate wealth or shield allies; it is a duty to serve, protect, and uplift.
Inflammatory statements by political leaders are amplified by partisan media, recycled through social media, and gradually absorbed as accepted fact.
Healthcare is collapsing in Gaza. The only thing that is still propping it up is the sense of moral duty of its surviving medical workers.
We stream into our masajids, shoulders touching in sujood, yet walk out without asking, “Who among us is hurting today?”
The world is quick to blame religion for the Australia terror attack, but conveniently ignores the fact that the man who confronted the killers and saved so many lives is also a Muslim
Somalis have come, like generations of immigrants before them, to build dreams for those who will follow
Hate speech pose a significant threat not only to the Muslim community but to the broader social fabric of Kenyan society.
Since the onset of the Gaza war, a set of arguments has circulated among some Muslims, arguments that, perhaps unknowingly, align perfectly with the narratives crafted by Zionist strategists and secular policymakers. They
The cacophony against Samia Suluhu Hassan is not a principled stand for democracy; it is a thinly veiled loathing for Islam.
Who would have imagined that, upon the 100th anniversary of Malcolm X’s birth and the 60th anniversary of his assassination, New York City would be bracing itself for the possibility of its first Muslim mayor?
Qatar has cultivated a reputation as a peacemaker, mediating in numerous conflicts. Just last month, the Israeli Mossad director was in Doha, hosted by the Qatari government, as part of longstanding ceasefire negotiations over Gaza.
The historical and genetic evidence paints a very different picture. The indigenous Palestinian people have far more claim to being the offspring of the ancient peoples of Palestine. Modern “Israelis” are immigrants with no ancestral ties to the land.
It has been almost two years since the genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza began—carried out by a murderous and unrelenting occupier, broadcast to the world.