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"A blatant attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred and intimidate local families."A bonfire with a replica mosque has been built in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, ahead of the Twelfth July.A 56-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the replica mosque and was in custody, according to police.Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International's NI programme director, said: "This vile display is a blatant attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred and intimidate local families", and that "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".Last year in Moygahel, effigies of migrants in a boat were burned as part of the 12 of July bonfires, and the burning of a replica PSNI car and an effigy of former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar took place in 2024 and 2023.