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Protests in Mumbai call for the arrest of Nupur Sharma, the BJP’s national spokesperson, over comments she made about the prophet Muhammad. Photograph: Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock Protests in Mumbai call for the arrest of Nupur Sharma, the BJP’s national spokesperson, over comments she made about the prophet Muhammad. Photograph: Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock Six more countries have joined Indonesia, the UAE, the Maldives, Jordan, Bahrain and Libya have joined Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Afghanistan in lodging official complaints over comments from representatives of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party. Meanwhile hardline party members have reacted angrily to disciplinary action against the pair after their comments went viral in the Middle East. Indonesia, which has the largest number of Muslims in the world, summoned the Indian ambassador in Jakarta. “Indonesia strongly condemns unacceptable derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad PBUH [peace be upon him] by two Indian politicians,” read a tweet by the foreign ministry. Bahrain called on “the need to denounce any reprehensible insults against the Prophet Muhammad PBUH, as a provocation to Muslims’ feelings and incitement to religious hatred”. The BJP’s attempt to quell the anger by suspending its national spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, and expelling its Delhi media head, Naveen Kumar Jindal, and dismissing them as “fringe elements” who did not represent the gover...

Sure, for now, media representatives of the BJP will watch their words when they appear on panels. But let’s not kid ourselves. For hundreds of thousands of far-right supporters of the Modi government, Sharma is a cause célèbre. Just look at the flood of “I stand with Nupur Sharma” comments on social media and calls to boycott Qatar Airways. This mass messaging once again appears to be coordinated by a well-oiled, centralized machinery. I wouldn’t be surprised if, after some time, Sharma’s political career is eventually made rather than unmade by this ugly controversy. Should India be lectured on pluralism and human rights by undemocratic nations, some of them theocracies with poor records on diversity? There is some merit to the questions being raised along these lines. Even the most ferocious critics of the BJP’s Hindutva politics are often uncomfortable with sermonizing from external powers, including strong democracies such as the United States. Many applauded India’s foreign minister when he recently But this only makes the ultranationalist BJP more answerable for why it responded to outrage from governments of at least 15 Muslim-majority nations, but did not react to the hurt triggered in its more than 200 million Muslim citizens. Perhaps the answer lies in the billions of dollars of trade, oil, food exports and remittances at stake in That the government ignored domestic criticism speaks to what retired diplomat Navdeep Suri calls the “duality” of the BJP. “The part...

NEW DELHI: Amid sharp criticism from its hardline followers for the action against its spokespersons, As the party came under criticism for not standing by its spokespersons and for giving in to critics who routinely make and justify provocative remarks against Hindu gods and goddesss, a senior party source said that nobody has the licence to vent his controversial personal opinion through party platforms. "Party has been consistently opposed to 'minority appeasement' and will continue to do so but, at the same time we need not be offensive and should exercise restraint while appearing on party platform," said a senior leader in response to the criticism. Why BJP was forced to act after the outrage in the Arab world The reason for India’s ruling party suspending and firing a party member each over their controversial remarks on Islam, apparently under pressure from Gulf countries, may seem political but the reason is more economic. Here’s why The justification came against the backdrop of a growing chorus of criticism from supporters known for their sharp advocacy of Hindutva and who enjoy huge followings on social media platforms. They have been critical of the Modi government of giving in to pressure from Islamic countries known for religious intolerance. They have highlighted that countries like Qatar which are funding extremist political Islamism and had given honorary citizesnhip to famous painter M F Hussain who had to leave India following protests over the way he d...