A diplomatic firestorm has engulfed India’s ruling party, the BJP, following the sanctioning of two party spokespersons over insulting remarks the pair are reported to have made towards Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Host Marco Werman speaks with Sumit Ganguly, a professor of political science at Indiana University, about the Indian government’s handling of the controversy and the response by governments of Qatar, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Afghanistan and Pakistan, which described the comments as “insulting.”
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