<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>France: France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has slammed “unacceptable acts” against the Muslim community after a boar head was found near a mosque in the east of the country.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A prosecutor said a probe into “incitement to racial hatred” had been opened after worshippers at a mosque in the village of Contrexeville in the Vosges region discovered the animal’s head on Friday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Darmanin late Saturday said that two other mosques in northern France had also been “degraded.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This weekend mosques in Valenciennes and Fresnes-sur-Escaut were degraded. A mosque in the Vosges was also targeted. I firmly condemn these unacceptable acts against out Muslim compatriots,” he said on X, formerly Twitter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The incidents come during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, during which believers fast from dawn till dusk and focus on prayers. - AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>