Police in Northern Ireland said the placing of a replica mosque atop a loyalist bonfire is a hate crime. Political and religious leaders have condemned what the bonfire organizers insisted is a "political protest."

PSNI has arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with the incident and he remains in custody

Pyre in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, condemned as a ‘blatant attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred’