One week on from that KKK photo outside Newtownards Islamic prayer centre - what is it like for the Muslim community living in NI?

Nov 05, 2018, 11:33 AM

Newtownards has recently been making headlines around the world for all the wrong reasons. Last weekend a gang of over 8 people dressed up in Ku Klux Klan outfits were photographed holding their arms aloft with clenched fists, outside the same Islamic prayer centre in the town where a severed pig's head was left last year. The incident is being investigated by police as a hate crime. But what about the impact on the Muslim community here? Mayesha is a 21 year old Muslim woman, she was born and raised in the Newtownards area. Mayesha wanted to share some of her experiences of growing up here.