Racist graffiti targets new mosque site near Paris

France 24

A mosque in Cologne is seen in this photo. Nazi tags were found in the building site of a mosque near Paris. Hürriyet Photo

The building site of a new mosque in the city of Coulommiers, east of Paris, was defaced with racist graffiti – including Nazi swastikas -  over the weekend.

“A pig’s head and Nazi tags were found inside the site,” Abdallah Zekri, president of France’s Observatory of Islamophobia told the AFP news agency.

Pork is considered off-limits for Muslims, a practice that is derided by anti-Muslim groups in France.

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