Ahlul Bayt News Agency, An effigy of a pig has been left in the mailbox of a California Muslim organization as a protest against the proposed Islamic centre in New York City.
The Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has called for an investigation of the incident, which it has referred to as a hate crime.
The mock pig which was left at the California Islamic centre was inscribed with the words: "No Mosque in NYC."
Spokesmen for the local Muslim community have described the incident as a further symptom of the growing anti-Muslim bigotry nationwide, "sparked by the hysterical smear campaign targeting the planned Islamic community centre in Manhattan."
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