After Qatar, Kuwait summons Indian envoy over BJP leaders' remarks on Prophet

This comes hours after Qatar issued a summons to the Indian envoy, Deepak Mittal, over the comments made by BJP leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal against the Prophet Muhammad.

Kuwait has joined Qatar in denouncing “the statements made by an official in the ruling party against the Holy Prophet”, the country’s foreign office said in a tweet in Arabic, and summoned the ambassador, Sibi George.

“The State of Kuwait summons the Ambassador of the Republic of India and hands him a protest note in which it completely rejects and denounces the statements made by an official in the ruling party against the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him,” the tweet read.

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This comes hours after Qatar issued a summons to the Indian envoy, Deepak Mittal, over the comments made by BJP leaders Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal against the Prophet Muhammad. Qatar's foreign affairs ministry also handed over an official statement noting Qatar’s total rejection and condemnation of the remarks by an official in the ruling party in India against the Prophet Muhammad.

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“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ambassador of the Republic of India to the State of Kuwait, where he met with the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Asian Affairs, who handed him an official protest note expressing the State of Kuwait's categorical rejection and condemnation of the offensive statements of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and Islam and Muslims issued by one of the officials in the ruling party,” an official release said.

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