Mosque effigy on loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland condemned as ‘vile’

Amnesty calls pyre – due to be burned on Friday in Moygashel – ‘blatant attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred’ A loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland featuring an effigy of a mosque has been condemned as an incitement to hatred. The effigy sits atop a tower of pallets that is to be burned on Friday night in the County Tyrone village of Moygashel as part of wider loyalist commemorations. Placards beneath the display read “secure our borders” and “end the threat of radical Islam”. Continue re...

By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Mosque model placed on top of Northern Ireland bonfire

Pro-UK loyalists in Northern Ireland have placed a replica mosque at the top of a bonfire, which is due to be lit.

Man arrested after replica of mosque placed on top of loyalist bonfire

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

Replica of mosque on bonfire in Northern Ireland condemned as ‘sickening’

Northern Irish police arrested a man on Thursday over the placing of a replica of a mosque at the top of a bonfire due to be lit in a pro-British town, an action condemned by the British government and local politicians. Bonfires are lit across the British region in mainly Protestant “loyalist” neighbourhoods on the […]

Replica mosque on loyalist bonfire condemned as 'vile'

Police have been urged to intervene after a replica of a mosque was placed on top of a loyalist bonfire pyre in Co Tyrone.

Replica of mosque placed on top of loyalist bonfire

The bonfire in Moygashel has attracted controversy in previous years

By Jonathan McCambridge

Controversial loyalist bonfire in Co Tyrone topped with a replica mosque

Last year, the Moygashel bonfire was topped with an effigy of refugees in a boat.