Fighting over Christianity in Northern Island

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-23295307#TWEET819767

July 12, 2013

Water cannon and baton rounds have been used in north Belfast after a sustained attack on police in the Woodvale area.

Police were enforcing a Parades Commission ban. Four police officers and one civilian have been hurt.

The ruling stops Orange Order lodges from walking on a stretch of road in north Belfast that separates loyalist and nationalist communities.

Trouble has also broken out on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast.

Bricks and bottles have been thrown in both areas. The water cannon and baton rounds were used on the Woodvale Road.

Missiles were thrown between loyalists and nationalists close to St Matthew's church on the Newtownards Road.

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The Parades Commission ruled that marchers would not be allowed to return along the part of the Crumlin Road, at Ardoyne shops, that separates nationalist and loyalist communities.

In recent years, there has been serious rioting in the nationalist Ardoyne area following the return leg of the parade.

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