Damage done to Islamic Centre in Belfast labelled ‘disgusting’ hate crime

 Police are investigating an incident of criminal damage at the Islamic Centre in Wellington Park, Belfast overnight on Monday, September 5.

Police are investigating an incident of criminal damage at the Islamic Centre in Wellington Park, Belfast overnight on Monday, September 5.

The incident, which involved red paint being thrown over the front door, was reported shortly after 11:35pm.

Ms Bradshaw, MLA for South Belfast, condemned the attack by saying: “This attack is disgusting – Belfast Islamic Centre contributes much to the cultural life of South Belfast and beyond, and I utterly condemn those who carried this out, who are unrepresentative of the vast majority of people in the wider area.”

Councillor Jeffery Dudgeon of the Ulster Unionist Party added that he believed hate crimes of this nature were on the decline in the area.