Malaysia foreign ministry in a statement said it has summoned India’s high commissioner to Malaysia this afternoon to convey the country’s total repudiation over the statements.
Malaysia on Tuesday became the latest country to condemn the controversial remarks made against Prophet Mohammed by a now-suspended BJP spokesperson and an expelled leader and welcomed the ruling party’s action against them.
The foreign ministry (Wisma Putra) in a statement said it has summoned India’s high commissioner to Malaysia this afternoon to convey the country’s total repudiation over the statements.
“Malaysia welcomed the decision by the ruling party to suspend the party’s officials due to their provocative remarks that has generated rage among Muslim Ummah,” the statement read.
While the BJP faced more criticism at home, the diplomatic fallout of the row continued as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Indonesia, Jordan, the UAE, Maldives, Oman and Afghanistan joined several Muslim nations in condemning the alleged derogatory remarks.
The BJP had on Monday suspended its spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled Naveen Kumar Jindal, its Delhi media head, in a fire-fighting exercise.
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