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Wisma Putra summons Indian envoy over Prophet Muhammad remarks by BJP leaders

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The foreign ministry summoned India’s High Commissioner to Malaysia to convey the country’s total repudiation over the incident.

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The foreign ministry welcomed the decision to suspend the two party officials.

PUTRAJAYA:
Malaysia has condemned the derogatory remarks by politicians in India against Prophet Muhammad.

The foreign ministry said in a statement that it had summoned India’s High Commissioner to Malaysia on Tuesday afternoon to convey the country’s repudiation over the incident.

“Malaysia welcomes the decision by the ruling party to suspend the party’s officials due to their provocative remarks that has generated rage among the Muslim ummah,” the statement read.

It added that Malaysia also called on India to work together in ending Islamophobia and cease any provocative acts in the interest of peace and stability.

Malaysia is among the latest countries to join the chorus of global condemnation against the two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officials over their blasphemous remarks.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Indonesia, Jordan, Iraq, the Maldives, Bahrain, and Türkiye are among the countries that have condemned the Indian politicians’ remarks. There has also been widespread condemnation within India.

Following the outrage, the BJP on Sunday suspended its two leaders who made the incendiary remarks on television and social media.

Qatar has asked for an apology from the Indian government over the comments.

The Iraqi Parliamentary Endowments and Tribes Committee said in a statement the anti-Islam insults “will have serious repercussions and, if not contained, may lead to dire consequences that will have unimaginable repercussions for the peaceful coexistence, as well as increase strife and tensions between peoples”.

Kuwait, Qatar, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan were among the first to make formal protests against the provocative remarks.

In the wealthy Arab Gulf region, there are public calls to boycott Indian products.

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