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Jihadi Supporters Hail Egyptian Swinophobia, Hope It Ignites Religious Tensions

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Several jihadi websites are propagating this secretly-filmed video clip showing the Egyptian health authorities carrying out a mass pig cull, in response to the global H1N1 outbreak.

The pigs belong to the Coptic Christian minority and Jihadists hope that this drastic move by the Egyptian authorities, which infuriated French animal rights activist and former actress Brigitte Bardot, would reignite religious tensions between Muslims and Christians in the country.

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