How the US reacted when a Pakistani journalist asked about the Prophet Mohammad row.
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00:00We condemn the offensive comments made by two BJP officials and we were glad to see
00:06that the party publicly condemned those comments.
00:09We have seen a rise in Islamophobia in India.
00:14A few weeks ago, members of the Indian ruling party, BJP, made demeaning comments about
00:20the Prophet Muhammad.
00:22On this, there are protests going on in India while the houses of protesting Muslims are
00:28being bulldozed.
00:29Would you like to say something about these hate crimes committed by the Indian government
00:32against Muslims and other minorities?
00:33Well, this is something that we've condemned.
00:36We've condemned the offensive comments made by two BJP officials and we were glad to see
00:42that the party publicly condemned those comments.
00:46We regularly engage with the Indian government at senior levels on human rights concerns,
00:51including freedom of religion or belief, and we encourage India to promote respect for
00:55human rights.
00:57The secretary said when he was last in New Delhi last year that the Indian people and
01:03the American people, we believe in the same values, human dignity, human respect, equality
01:09of opportunity, and the freedom of religion or belief.
01:14These are fundamental tenets.
01:16These are fundamental values within any democracy, and we speak up for them around the world.
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