French Muslim and Jewish groups were united in outrage after two pig heads were dumped at a mosque in a town where an Islamist gunman killed two paratroopers in March.
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It was the first such incident in the southern Tarn-et-Garonne region, leading to speculation it was a response to the March shooting spree of self-styled Al-Qaeda gunman Mohammed Merah.
Merah killed two paratroopers in Montauban, as well as three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and another soldier in nearby Toulouse before being killed himself in a police siege of his apartment.
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The pig heads were hung on a gate at the entrance to the mosque shortly before morning prayers and a large amount of pig blood was spilled on the ground.
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Abdallah Zekri, the chairman of France's Islamophobia Observatory, said Wednesday's outrage occurred against a background of an increase in anti-Muslim actions in the first half of this year.
"For this to occur during the holy month of Ramadan, it's unspeakable," he said. "It is racist provocation."
The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France said it was "outraged by the hateful desecration of the mosque".
The mayor of Montauban denounced what she described as intimidation of Muslims after the heads were discovered in the early morning attached to two pillars at the entrance of the Salam Mosque, a huge pool of blood on the ground. Pigs are considered unclean by Muslims, who are forbidden from eating pork.
All it takes is a slight spark, and a massive explosion is guaranteed! Just think how easy it must be for the more evolved among us to cause social disturbances in religious communities.....for example for intelligence operatives, or social scientists....prick the amoeba this way, and sit back and enjoy the fun... the response is 100% predictable and guaranteed! 
