(IPT) Deadly riots broke out in several Indian cities June 10 over perceived blasphemous remarks by a spokeswoman for India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Enraged Islamist mobs burned posters and hanged effigies of Nupur Sharma after Jummah prayers over her controversial remarks on Islam’s prophet Muhammad.
But rather than denouncing this over-the-top, hate-filled reaction to the controversy, American Islamists are fueling it by playing up their time-tested Islamist victimization rhetoric.
Sharma’s exact words during a prime-time television program are difficult to find. Videos of her remarks have been taken down and news reports refer to the controversy without quoting the specific comments. They involved Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha, who was a child bride.
The reaction was swift and reverberated throughout the country.
