News Analysis: West Asia social media storm forces BJP to act : The Tribune India


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Tribune News Service Sandeep Dikshit New Delhi, June 5 The strong reaction from the Grand Mufti of Oman Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalili followed by a Twitter storm in West Asia may have been crucial in the BJP suspending its spokesperson for insulting Prophet Mohammad and his wife Ayesha on a television channel. Though there was no widespread corroboration of reports that superstores in West Asia removed Indian products, the last straw may have been the strong social media reaction in Oman, whose last ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said nurtured a Hindu temple in Muscat and invited...