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Belfast Girls Model School tells Muslim girls it is ‘not safe’ for them

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School tells Muslim girls it’s not safe’ for them to return to Belfast Model School for Girls .

Three young Muslim girls at centre of racial bullying row have been told it is “not safe” for them.

Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime following an alleged assault in November .

A friend of the girls’ parents said the situation had been “switched” to make them look like “bad people”.

One of the girls, who has been identified on social media as the perpetrator of the alleged assault, now wants to change her name.

They are worried. They’re wondering why there is no protection in place for them,” a friend said.

Daniel Holder , director of the Committee on the Administration of Justice , told BBC News NI that some posts had been “toxic” and “racist” He said this particular one was escalated due to misinformation.

VR Score

52

Informative language

42

Neutral language

64

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

37

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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