The port city of Mombasa in Kenya was among hundreds of cities across the globe that hosted the annual International Quds Day rallies on Friday.

The Iranian Cultural Center in Kenya will hold a ceremony on the occasion of Eid Al-Ghadir at the mosque of Shia Muslims in Park Road district of Nairobi, the capital.

Kenya will host an exhibition on Halal later this month, as the country moves to tap into the increasing Muslim customers.

A court in Kenya has ruled that Christian schools may not ban Muslim girls from wearing hijab (headscarve) as part of their uniforms.

The shiite Muslim community in Kenya is an active religious minority which need to be studied due to their significant role in different aspects of social life in Kenya since the 19th century. The research reveals the original meaning of the word “Shii’ah” or “Shiism” and how it developed later to became a broad title for Shia Islam which represents one of the main Muslim sects in the world.