UN Secretary-General’s Spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said the world body supports "respect and tolerance" for all religions. When asked by reporters to comment on the blasphemous remarks by India’s ruling party leaders against the Holy Prophet Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him), the UN spokesman at the regular noon briefing in New York said, "I’ve seen stories, I haven’t seen the remarks themselves, but I mean, regardless, I can tell you that we strongly encourage respect and tolerance for all religions."

Meanwhile, the derogatory references to Islam and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have sparked a huge diplomatic outrage, with several Muslim countries, including Pakistan, lodging official protests against India. Anger has poured out on social media, and calls for a boycott of Indian goods have surfaced in some Islamic nations. Rights groups have accused Modi’s ruling party of looking the other way and sometimes enabling hate speech against Muslims.

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