MOYGASHEL, UK: Northern Irish police arrested a man on Thursday after a replica mosque was placed on a bonfire in an anti-Islam stunt in a village in the UK province. Bonfires made up of wooden pallets are lit across Northern Ireland every year in the run-up to Orange Order traditional parades on July 12 that mark a Protestant victory over Catholics in 1690. Some of the pyres spark controversy as Irish flags, effigies, anti-Catholic and anti-immigration signs are often placed on the bonfires before they are set alight.
Man arrested over North Ireland anti-Islam loyalist bonfire effigy
“Police are aware of the item placed on top of the bonfire in Moygashel,” police said
The lettering “Islamic fascism” also appears on the model of the mosque
July 09, 2026 15:11
MOYGASHEL, UK: Northern Irish police arrested a man on Thursday after a replica mosque was placed on a bonfire in an anti-Islam stunt in a village in the UK province.
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