One reason for this was that the concept of religion propagated by such movements was a reaction to Western intellectual and cultural domination, and reaction of this sort can never be evenly balanced.
Lakini msiba mkuu wa taifa hili ni kwamba kinyume chake, baada ya uhuru msimamo ukawa ni ule ule wa kuwaona Waislamu kuwa ni maadui wa kupigwa vita na mikakati ya kuwabana Waislamu katika maeneo yale matatu ikaimarishwa zaidi wakati wa utawala wa Nyerere.