Pakistan condemns sacrilegious remarks by BJP about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

ISLAMABAD, August 24: Pakistan has strongly condemned the highly provocative and sacrilegious remarks made against Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Rasool Allah Khatam-un-Nabiyeen Sallallaho Alaihe Wa Ala Alayhee Wa Ashabehi Wassalam by another official of BJP in India.
In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said this is the second time in the last three months that a senior BJP leader has made disrespectful comments against our beloved Prophet Muhammad Rasool Allah Khatam-un-Nabiyeen Sallallaho Alaihe Wa Ala Alayhee Wa Ashabehi Wassalam.
The spokesperson said these highly derogatory remarks have gravely hurt the feelings of the people of Pakistan and billions of Muslims around the world. He said the token and perfunctory disciplinary action taken by the BJP against the said official cannot assuage the pain and anguish caused to the Muslims of India and around the world. He said it is highly reprehensible that the BJP official was released on bail within hours of arrest and was welcomed by BJP zealots.
Asim Iftikhar said the current incident once again highlights the present Indian regime’s obsessively spiteful demeanour towards the Muslims and the worrying trajectory of Islamophobia in India. The fact is that India is nothing more than an undeclared ‘Hindu Rashtra’ where Muslims are routinely denigrated, dispossessed and marginalized and their religious beliefs are trampled under majoritarian hegemonism. – NNI