In the footage below, Sharma mocks Buraq (the flying donkey), the Quran, for describing the world as flat, and points out the age of the Prophet’s wife, Aisha, in a TV debate last week.
Kumar has been removed from the party for a tweet that also insulted the prophet. That controversial tweet has been deleted.
“ I’ve been receiving death and rape threats, including beheading threats against me and family members,” Sharma said. She also stated on Twitter that her words came in response to insults against the Hindu god Shiva.
"If my words have caused discomfort or hurt religious feelings of anyone whatsoever, I hereby unconditionally withdraw my statement," she said, but her apology may have come too late.
The actions of these former BJP members stirred an international backlash from the Muslim world.
“The State of Qatar calls on the Indian government to immediately condemn these remarks and publicly apologize to all Muslims around the world,” Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Mohammed Al Ansari said.
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