Kuwait City: The ripple effect of a BJP's leader's remarks about Prophet Mohamamed continued to spread on Monday, with Kuwait becoming the latest to summon the Indian ambassador to register its protest.
The protest resonated as anger at a Kuwaiti supermarket yesterday as workers pulled out Indian products including tea from shelves and piled them into trolleys, AFP reported.
At the Al-Ardiya Co-Operative Society store, sitting outside Kuwait City, sacks of rice and cartels of spices and chilies were left in a pile covered with plastic sheets with a printed sign in Arabic, reportedly, announcing, "We have removed Indian products".
Nasser Al-Mutairi, CEO of the store, told AFP that Kuwaiti Muslims do not accept insulting the prophet.
Following comments by Bharatiya Janata Party spokeswoman Nupur Sharma, Qatar on Sunday demanded India to apologise for the "Islamophic" remarks, according to the report.
Later, Iran joined the chorus, summoning the Indian ambassador to convey the protest of "the government and people".
Influential Al-Azhar University in Cairo called out the BJP leader's comments, likening them to "the real terrorism".
The Muslim World League based in Saudi Arabia said that Nupur Sharma' remarks could incite hatred.
The Gulf Cooperation Council, a platform for the six Gulf countries, "condemned, rejected and denounced" Ms Sharma's comments. Meanwhile, Bahrain welcomed Sharma's suspension from BJP.
Gulf countries host over 8.7 million Indian workers out of a worldwide total of 13.5 million, according to AFP based on foreign ministry figures.
Gulf countries are major importers of Indian products, with Kuwait alone buying 95 percent of its food from India.
Nupur Sharma made the remarks during a televised debate last week, triggering anger in the Muslim world.
Withdrawing her remarks, Sharma took to Twitter, saying that her comments were in response to "insults" against the Hindu god Shiva.