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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Peter MURPHY

N.Ireland Violence Shocks Muslims And Stokes Fears Over Sectarian Divides

Northern Ireland has seen nightly unrest and racism-fuelled disorder (Credit: AFP)

A week of racism-fuelled disorder in Northern Ireland, sparked by disturbances in English towns and cities, is proving harder to end, with fears the UK region's sectarian divisions are feeding into the violence.

"They burned every single thing, there is nothing left inside, just ashes," said Bashir, whose supermarket in Belfast was torched during attacks against foreign-owned shops and businesses.

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