This is after the Indian envoy was summoned to Putrajaya by the foreign ministry yesterday over the incident.

“The high commissioner conveyed that the offensive tweets and remarks do not, in any manner, represent the views of the government of India.

“Strong action has already been taken by concerned quarters against those who made the derogatory tweets and remarks,” the high commission said in a statement today.

The two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) officials who made the offensive remarks regarding Islam and the Prophet have been suspended or expelled.

The Indian government had faced strong backlash from the Muslim world, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Indonesia, Jordan, Iraq, the Maldives, Bahrain, Turkiye and Malaysia.

Qatar had asked for an apology from the Indian government over the comments.

An Iraqi parliamentary committee said in a statement that the anti-Islam insults “will have serious repercussions and, if not contained, may lead to dire consequences that will have unimaginable repercussions for the peaceful coexistence, as well as increase strife and tensions between peoples”.

Kuwait, Qatar, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were among the first to make formal protests against the provocative remarks.

There are calls in the wealthy Arab Gulf region to boycott Indian products.