In Kenya, the mosque and the church Painted Yellow Color

KOMPAS.com – From the busy street in the slum area of ​​Kibera to Mombasa Beach, a special trend emerging across Kenya.

Mosques transform traditional tradition green facade, while churches also change the color of the front architecture into color unorthodox, which is yellow.

The project named Color in Faith is an attempt to gather together religious communities in Kenya.

originators themselves an artist Colombian-American named Yazmany Arboleda and partner of Kenya Nabila Alibhai.

religious leaders in Kenya to see that the color yellow is a symbol that can represent how all religions there can be united.

“For me, the yellow is the color of the sun and the sun shining on everyone underneath , “said Bishop Rose Mungafu.

Color in Faith condition of the church is the object of the project Color in Faith in Mombasa, Kenya.

church in Mombasa recently in collaboration with the local Muslim community to paint it yellow.

They painted together to show to the people that the clergy can work together so that the Muslims would know that Christians are brothers.

“Now every person who passes a worship each of us will know if we are living peacefully and side by side, “said Mungafu.

Color in Faith emerged as the act of a terrorist group in the name of Islam called Al-Shabaab that strikes many Christians in Kenya.

the group is known to be the mastermind behind the attack on the campus of the University of Garissa in 2015 ago that claimed the death toll up to 148 people and most of them were students doing morning service.

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Over the years, the police accused the Musa Mosque in Mombasa as the location of radicalization and recruitment of members of Al-Shabaab. Two years ago, police raided a mosque, killing three people, and arrested about 130 worshipers in it.

“People then are so terrified that they no longer dare to worship in the mosques,” said resident Mombasa Khalima Mohammed is his nephew killed when gunfire with police occurred in 2014 ago.

Now, the violence has subsided in Mombasa and Masjid Musa get a new aura with paint colors bright yellow.

“I kept asking myself why Muslims and Christians continue hostile when it has been together for a long time. I want to paint this mosque to show how I was part of the community and to show the world that we do not differ from each other, “said Mohammed.

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there are nine mosques and churches that have been painted in yellow throughout Kenya and Arboleda said there will be 40 houses of worship again who showed interest to participate in the project color in Faith.

“We hope we can become agents of change and create a bright future with the ultimate aim of making people of different faiths to work together in holy places them,” said Arboleda.

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