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Philadelphia
Mayor-elect Jim Kenney decried what he called an act of bigotry.
"We cannot allow hate to divide us now, in the face of
unprecedented difficulties," he said in a statement.
Surveillance video showed a red truck driving past the Al-Aqsa
mosque in North Philadelphia and someone throwing an object out
of the window on Sunday night, police said.
A caretaker discovered the pig's head early Monday, police said.
American Muslims have said they are worried about an increase in
Islamophobia since authorities accused Syed Rizwan Farook, 28,
and Tashfeen Malik, 27, of storming a party attended by San
Bernardino County employees in California last week.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump called on
Monday for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, drawing
fierce criticism from both the White House and rivals candidates
in his own party.
(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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