Police have arrested a man after a replica of a mosque was placed on top of a loyalist bonfire pyre in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
The model was visible on top of the pyre in Moygashel on Thursday.
Anti-Islam and anti-immigration signs were also placed on top of the fire.
The Independent has chosen not to publish photos of the bonfire, which is made up of pallets and due to be set alight on Friday night.
A spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said: “Police are aware of the item placed on top of the bonfire in Moygashel.
“A 56-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of contravention of Article 9 of the Public Order (NI) Order 1987. He remains in custody at this time.”
Ammesty International described the bonfire as a “vile display” and a “blatant attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred and intimidate local families”.
The same bonfire site has attracted controversy in previous years.
Last year there was condemnation after effigies of migrants in a boat were burned on the Moygashel fire.
Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International’s Northern Ireland director, said: “This vile display is a blatant attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred and intimidate local families.
“It must be met with a decisive response by the police.
“The placing of an effigy of a mosque on top of a bonfire amounts to incitement to hatred directed at real people who live, work and raise families in Northern Ireland.
“It is a crime under Northern Ireland law to distribute materials that are intended or likely to stir up racial or religious hatred or arouse fear.
“The police must investigate this as a potential crime, identify and hold to account those responsible, and ensure this material is swiftly removed before it can be used to incite further hatred and violence.”
SDLP councillor Carl Whyte described the display on the bonfire as “absolutely disgusting”.
He told the BBC Good Morning Ulster programme: “The singling out of an entire religion, an entire faith, is just shameful.”
Eleventh night bonfires will be lit across Northern Ireland on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings ahead of the Orange Order’s 12 July parades on Monday.
While most of the bonfires pass off without incident, several have become the focus of contention due to the placing of flags, effigies and election posters on the structures before they are ignited.
In June in Moygashel, police removed a banner from a children’s playpark, saying it was being treated as a hate crime.
