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Qatar, Iran, and Kuwait summoned India's ambassadors on Sunday, expressing their strong outrage and strong protest of a BJP leader's provocative remarks against Prophet Mohammed.

Digital Desk: More than 15 countries, including Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, Oman, the UAE, Afghanistan, Iran, Bahrain, Maldives, Jordan, Libya, and Indonesia, have lodged officials against India for the controversial remarks on the Prophet by the Bhartiya Janta Party’s national spokesperson, Nupur Sharma.

However, on Sunday, the party suspended Nupur Sharma and further expelled Naveen Kumar Jindal, the BJP’s Delhi media head, over their controversial remarks against the Prophet.

In response to Muslim groups' protest, the party published a statement intended to assuage minorities' fears and distance itself from these individuals, stating that it respects all religions and vehemently condemns the insulting of any religious personality.

Notably, Bahrain's foreign affairs ministry welcomed the BJP's decision to suspend its spokeswoman, emphasizing the importance of "denouncing any reprehensible insults against the Prophet Muhammad, PBUH, as a provocation to Muslim sensibilities and encouragement to religious intolerance."

As per a statement issued by the ministry, "the importance of respecting all religious beliefs, symbols, and personalities, as well as the international community's concerted efforts to spread the values of moderation, tolerance, and dialogue between religions and civilizations, and to confront extremist ideas that feed sedition and religious, sectarian, or racial hatred." Meanwhile, according to Pajhwok News, Afghanistan's largest independent news agency, the interim Afghan government, run by the Taliban, strongly condemned the disrespectful insults directed at Prophet Mohammad.

In a tweet, government Spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said, " The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan strongly condemns the use of derogatory words against the Prophet of Islam (Peace be upon him) by an official of the ruling party in India."

He added, "We urge the Indian government not to allow such radicals to denigrate Islam's holy religion and provoke Muslims' feelings."

Qatar, Iran, and Kuwait summoned India's ambassadors on Sunday, expressing their strong outrage and strong protest of a BJP leader's provocative remarks against Prophet Mohammed.

Pakistan summoned India's chargé d'affaires on Monday to express its emphatic rejection and disapproval of the controversial remarks.

Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan's prime minister, condemned the "hurtful" remarks made against Islam's prophet on Sunday.

In a bid to defuse a diplomatic spat, spokespersons for the Indian embassies in Qatar and Kuwait announced that the ambassadors would meet to discuss the situation. "This conveyed that the tweets do not reflect the views of the Indian government in any way." These are the viewpoints of the outliers. " In the Arab world, the inflammatory remarks spurred a Twitter trend calling for a boycott of Indian products.