Islam is the oldest of the great religions in Kenya, since it began to spread with the arrival of the first Arabs from the year 500 A.D. Today, the islamic community in Kenya comprises 5-30% of the population, mainly at the Swahili Indian Ocean coast, but also in the north and northeast regions inhabited by Somalis, where mosques coexist with churches. Most of Kenyan muslims are sunnites. The shiite minority is represented mainly by Kenyans of Pakistani origin whose grandparents arrived to the coast during the change of the century to work in the construction of the Nairobi-Mombasa railway, the great communication artery around which Kenya was formed. The moderate ismailite branch, led by Aga Khan, also has some adepts. Fundamentalism is aggregated around the Islamic Party of Kenya, based on the coast and still a minority.
Islam wasn’t even in existence in 400 AD. Try again.
Sorry, I meant 500 AD. It wasn’t in existence then, either.