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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

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

A large bonfire structure made of wooden pallets topped with a mosque effigy and signs saying ‘secure our borders’ and ‘end the threat of radical Islam’
A 56-year-old man has been arrested in relation to the display in County Tyrone. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty Images

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”.

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