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Controversial remarks by Nopur Sharma, leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), about the Prophet of Islam are also being raised internationally, and on Sunday, Qatar's foreign ministry called on India's ambassador to Doha to express its displeasure.
Deepak Mittal has demanded an apology from India. The Qatari Foreign Ministry did not hand over Qatar's official note to the Indian Ambassador.
A statement issued by the Qatari Foreign Ministry expressed outrage over the controversial statement made by the leader of India's ruling party.
Meanwhile, Kuwait has also reacted strongly on this issue by summoning the Indian Ambassador to Kuwait and has recorded a strong protest.
Nopur Sharma's party membership suspended
The BJP has suspended Nopur Sharma from the party's core membership due to the backlash from Islamic countries, especially Arab countries.
Qatar welcomes BJP's statement suspending Nopur Sharma's membership Qatar says Nopur Sharma's controversial remarks have hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims around the world and angered them.
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Protests on social media against controversial statements made by BJP spokespersons Nopur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jundal on the Prophet of Islam reached Saudi Arabia after India and Pakistan and when the backlash over the issue escalated, the BJP Took action against The party suspended Nopur Sharma, while Naveen Jundal was expelled from the party.
It may be recalled that BJP spokesperson Nopur Sharma, while attending a program on India's local news channel Times Now last month, said something about the controversy over the Gyanwapi mosque from where the whole affair started.
He was accused of making objectionable remarks about the Prophet of Islam and since then action has been demanded against him.
Muhammad Zubair, an Indian journalist who co-founded the fact-checking website Alt News, shared a video of Nopur Sharma's statement on his Twitter account accusing him of making controversial statements about the Prophet of Islam.
The issue then gained momentum and the statement was strongly condemned and opposed on social media in Pakistan and India.
Meanwhile, BJP Delhi spokesperson Naveen Kumar Jundal had also escalated the controversy by tweeting against the minority community.
What does the Bharatiya Janata Party have to say?
This is the first time that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has commented on the issue on Sunday afternoon.
A statement issued by the BJP said that it respects all religions and strongly condemns any insult to any religious great and sacred entity.
On the controversy arising out of the controversial remarks made by BJP spokesperson Nopur Sharma and Naveen Jundal about the Prophet of Islam, party general secretary Arun Singh said that his party was totally against any ideology which Insult religion.
According to PTI, Arun Singh said, "Many religions have flourished in the thousand year history of India. The Bharatiya Janata Party respects every religion.
The Constitution of India gives citizens the freedom to practice any religion. It also gives them the right to practice any religion and to respect all religions.
Although the BJP did not directly mention the controversy over Sharma's statement at the time, news agencies PTI and ANI later confirmed that the party had suspended Sharma's core membership. Naveen Jundal has been expelled from the party.
Nopur Sharma's statement and claim of receiving 'death threats'
After being suspended from the party, Nopur Sharma tweeted, "Over the last several days, I have taken part in many TV debates where our Mahadev was constantly insulted and humiliated."
It was jokingly said that it was not a shilling but a spring. Chewing gum was compared to roadside signs and poles.
I could not bear the constant insults of Mahadev and I said something in response if my words offended anyone or hurt anyone's religious sentiments no matter who I am I return my statement unconditionally Take it My goal is never to hurt anyone's religious feelings.
However, Nopur claimed that his statement had been distorted and that his family had been receiving death threats from Islamic fundamentalists since.
"My family and I are constantly receiving death threats and beheadings," he wrote on Twitter.
It's all about zoo_bear's (Muhammad Zubair's Twitter account) efforts to inflame sectarian sentiments and create a fake story and create a fictional atmosphere.
Nopur Sharma had claimed that 'Muhammad Zubair, who calls himself a fact-checking journalist, has created a dirty atmosphere against me by posting arbitrary edited videos of one of my TV discussions. My family is being threatened with death and rape.
Reaction on social media
Thousands of people in Saudi Arabia are expressing their anger on social media, calling it an attack on the Prophet of Islam.
While many people are also expressing anger against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have a top trend in this regard on social media and people in Saudi Arabia are campaigning for a boycott of Indian products.
Journalist Mohammad Zubair, who shared Nopur Sharma's statement on his Twitter handle, once again shared a tweet on Sunday, saying that social media users in the Middle East countries Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Egypt demanded a boycott of Indian products.
While the ruling party of India has tried to distance itself by suspending its spokespersons. "Another insult to the Prophet of Islam," wrote Muhammad Maki, a Twitter user from Saudi Arabia.
No one would dare to do that if there was a strong reaction from more people! But unfortunately the response is not enough.
Rehan, an Indian user, wrote: "For the past few hours, the tweets and statements of the BJP spokesperson have been a top trend in Saudi Arabia.
The world should pay attention to the crimes against Indian Muslims and Islam. While another user Jahanzeb commented that 'Modi's hatred and violence against Muslims is a necessary thing in India, now there is a strong reaction from his government to the controversial statement about the Prophet of Islam, urging the Muslim world It should be boycotted.
Raza Academy, a Muslim social organization in India, tweeted on May 28, 2022 about Nopur Sharma's alleged controversial statement and launched a campaign for his arrest.
Raza Academy in Mumbai also registered a case against BJP spokesperson Nopur Sharma under Indian law. Raza Academy has confirmed this by tweeting.
According to the tweet, Raza Academy has lodged a formal complaint with the Mumbai Police Commissioner against BJP spokesperson Nopur Sharma in the 'blasphemy' case.
Following the complaint of Raza Academy, the Commissioner of Police has ordered to register an FIR against him immediately.
In addition, the Tipu Sultan Party, a political party in Maharashtra, tweeted that a case had been registered against Nopur Sharma.
Social media users in Pakistan have also demanded the arrest of Nopur Sharma.
A Twitter user named Jahangir Khan tweeted that "this Islamophobic woman should be arrested, she insulted the Prophet of Islam, all Muslim countries should boycott India."
While a user named Asif tweeted that 'this is not the right to freedom of expression. The spokesman of India's ruling party has directly insulted the Prophet of Islam by saying that he has hurt the feelings of Muslims.
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Who is Nopur Sharma?
Nopur Sharma is the national level spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In the 2015 Assembly elections, he contested from the New Delhi seat against incumbent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
However, they did not win the election and lost by a huge margin.
Nopur Delhi is also a member of the state executive committee in the BJP.
He is also a well-known face of the Bharatiya Janata Party's youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. Nopur Sharma was born on April 23, 1985.
He completed his primary education at Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, Delhi. He completed his graduation from Hindu College, Delhi. He is a graduate in Economic Honors.
In 2010, he completed his LLB degree from Delhi Law Faculty. Nopur Sharma has done LLM from London School of Economics.
He belongs to a diplomatic and business family.
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