JAKARTA: Indonesia has joined in the strong condemnation of the controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad by two Indian politicians.
“Indonesia strongly condemns the unacceptable derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by two Indian politicians,” the country’s foreign affairs ministry tweeted on its official Twitter account.
Indonesia also conveyed the message to the Indian Ambassador in Jakarta, the tweet read.
The largest Muslim country in the world joined Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries to denounce the recent derogatory remarks against Islam by the Indian politicians.
Indian ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday suspended its spokespersons, Nupur Sharma, who made the insulting remarks in a television debate, and Naveen Jindal over his comments on social media.
“The BJP strongly denounces insults of any religious personalities of any religion,” the party said in a statement. – BERNAMA
