Muslim groups in Indonesia caution India over Islamophobia, call for interfaith dialogue

A person holds up a handmade poster while attending a gathering on June 10, 2022 at Tehran University to protest remarks about the Prophet Muhammad made by a top official of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). - AFP

JAKARTA, June 12 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Muslim groups in Indonesia are calling for India to be careful and to not condone Islamophobia while urging interfaith dialogue amid the recent controversy over offhand remarks by members of India’s ruling party that appeared to target Islam.

Earlier this week, Indonesia joined the chorus of Muslim majority countries condemning politicians from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) whose remarks were deemed to have insulted the Prophet Muhammad.