{"id":9658,"date":"2026-06-10T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=9658"},"modified":"2026-06-10T18:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:07:54","slug":"belfast-situation-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2026\/06\/10\/belfast-situation-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast Situation (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social media issues are associated with the situation in Belfast. Selected coverage is here (usual disclaimers apply):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hyphenonline.com\/2026\/06\/10\/belfast-northern-ireland-violence-riots-racist-muslims-terrified\/\">Hyphen Online, \u2018Terrified\u2019 Belfast Muslims have expected racist violence for months, 10 June 2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk\/news\/northern-ireland\/completely-devastated-family-of-stabbing-victim-stephen-ogilvie-call-for-end-to-street-disorder\/a\/156285563.html\">Belfast Telegraph &#8211; Ongoing Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/crime-law\/2026\/06\/10\/violence-that-followed-belfast-knife-attack-widely-condemned\/\">Irish Times &#8211; Ongoing Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mnwr4s4dy226\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreibs7pghrurmnq26x2lrtciyvsclv7meovkfdjqtnlvjviouickzyq\"><p lang=\"en\">\u2018We depend on migrants to make our country work\u2019: Family of Belfast victim speak out after night of riots www.lbc.co.uk\/article\/we-d&#8230;<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3mnwr4s4dy226?ref_src=embed\">2026-06-10T12:56:26.457Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mnx73556dk22\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifz4i24rimapjg5clpg3hdkcdfaydnkbxowycree3qgzlceuohcaa\"><p lang=\"en\">In Glasgow &#8230;<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3mnx73556dk22?ref_src=embed\">2026-06-10T17:06:03.294Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/10\/why-has-belfast-erupted-in-anti-immigrant-violence-after-a-knife-attack\">Federica Marsi, Al-Jazeera, Why has Belfast erupted in anti-immigrant violence after a knife attack?, 10 June 2026<\/a>. &#8220;[Michael] Kerr, at King\u2019s College, said the amplification of anti-migrant material on platforms such as X, has helped create a context in which incidents can be rapidly politicised and used to inflame anger. \u201cThat does not mean every participant is formally organised by the far right, but the ideological framing is clearly being shaped by that wider ecosystem,\u201d he said.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cr47x99k5n6t\">BBC News &#8211; Ongoing Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/belfast-attack-latest-starmer-condemns-sickening-attack-as-man-arrested-13551211\">Sky News &#8211; Ongoing Coverage<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/jun\/10\/belfast-riots-knife-attack-northern-ireland-sdlp-keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-uk-politics-latest-news-updates\">Guardian &#8211; Ongoing Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is also relevant in terms of the online dimensions, having been published in May 2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/caj.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mapping-Far-Right-Activity-Online-in-Northern-Ireland-Project-Report.pdf\">CAJ (Committee on the Administration of Justice. An Coiste um Riarach\u00e1n Dl\u00ed agus Cirt). Mapping Far Right Activity Online in Northern Ireland Project Report, CAJ 2025<\/a> (links to <a href=\"https:\/\/caj.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Mapping-Far-Right-Activity-Online-in-Northern-Ireland-Project-Report.pdf\">PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media issues are associated with the situation in Belfast. Selected coverage is here (usual disclaimers apply): Hyphen Online, \u2018Terrified\u2019 Belfast Muslims have expected racist violence for months, 10 June 2026 Belfast Telegraph &#8211; Ongoing Coverage Irish Times &#8211; Ongoing Coverage Federica Marsi, Al-Jazeera, Why has Belfast erupted in anti-immigrant violence after a knife attack?,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[486,322],"tags":[1129,487,138,1125,1126,323],"class_list":["post-9658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disinformation","category-refugees","tag-belfast","tag-disinformation","tag-far-right","tag-ireland","tag-northern-ireland","tag-refugees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9658"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9678,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9658\/revisions\/9678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}