AFP 2012-08-04 00:33:39 -
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls (2ndR) flanked by French Junior Minister for Handicraft, Tourism and Trade, Sylvia Pinel (R) speaks with Ali Hammimi (C) Head of the Montauban Muslim community, on August 3, 2012, as part of a visit at the El Salem mosque where two pig heads were dumped on August 1, in the French southwestern city of Montauban where an Islamist gunman killed two paratroopers in March. The French Council of the Muslim Faith described the defilement of the mosque in the town of Montauban as "a racist and xenophobic provocation" and urged the authorities to bring those responsible to justice swiftly. Pigs are considered unclean by Muslims, who are currently observing the holy month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / REMY GABALDA
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