This article traces the evolution of an Islamist ideology in Kenya’s public discourse, putting Islamist ideas within a longer history of Muslim politics than most other studies. Specifically, it examines internal debates amongst the minority Muslim population of Kenya, and debates between Muslims and the state and Muslims and the wider Christian public, regarding how to improve the Muslim condition in a Christian-dominated country. The immediate background for the emergence of Islamist ideas is then discussed through an examination of trends since the 1990s, including increased contestations of religious and political authority, and responses to Muslim activism by the state and the wider Christian public. The article concludes that Islamist politics in Kenya, and elsewhere, are more often than not a result of local histories as much as they are part of a global Muslim ‘victimization’ narrative.

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从伊斯兰改革到穆斯林激进主义：肯尼亚伊斯兰意识形态的演变

本文追溯了肯尼亚公共话语中伊斯兰意识形态的演变，将伊斯兰思想置于比大多数其他研究更长的穆斯林政治历史中。具体来说，它考察了肯尼亚少数穆斯林人口之间的内部辩论，以及穆斯林与国家、穆斯林与更广泛的基督徒公众之间关于如何改善基督教占主导地位的国家的穆斯林状况的辩论。然后通过考察 1990 年代以来的趋势，讨论伊斯兰思想出现的直接背景，包括对宗教和政治权威的日益激烈的争论，以及国家和更广泛的基督教公众对穆斯林激进主义的反应。文章的结论是，肯尼亚和其他地方的伊斯兰政治，