China wades into Prophet remarks controversy

By Express News Service

NEW DELHI: China on Monday stepped into the continued row over the Prophet remarks bys Nupur Sharma. “We have noted relevant reports and hope that the incident can be properly managed,” the nation’s international ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stated whereas responding to a question throughout a media briefing in Beijing.

“‘It is important to abandon arrogance and prejudice, and deepen recognition and understanding of one’s own civilisation and differences from other civilisations and promote dialogue and harmonious co-existence,” Wenbin added. Interestingly, the feedback got here a day after Pakistan Army chief Javed Bajwa visited China.

The Ministry of External Affairs avoided reacting to Wenbin’s remark whereas specialists on India-China relations thought it was finest ignored. “China’s comment defies logic. A country which has such an abysmal record of human rights violations shouldn’t sermonise others. The whole world is aware of how Uygurs Muslims are treated in the Xinjiang province,” stated an skilled on China affairs.

Meanwhile, there have been studies that expats who protested over the remarks on the Prophet in Kuwait had been are prone to be deported to their native international locations and barred from getting into Kuwait once more. It is learnt that round 40- 50 folks took half on this protest march.