Doha – Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, condemned remarks on Sunday about the Prophet Muhammad made by a top official in India’s ruling party that were described as “Islamophobic.”
The remarks by a spokesperson for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party last week were blamed for clashes in an Indian state and prompted demands for her arrest, with anger spreading overseas to Muslim countries.
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