UK police: Mosque model on loyalist bonfire is hate crime
10 Jul 2026, 01:05 GMT
Topic: News
Source URL: https://www.dw.com/en/uk-police-mosque-model-on-loyalist-bonfire-is-hate-crime/a-77898043?maca=en-rss-en-top-1022-rdf
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."