Prophet Row: Kuwait to deport expats who protested over remarks against Prophet
The Hindu
The Kuwaiti government will deport expats who participated in an illegal demonstration protesting the controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad
The Kuwaiti government has decided to arrest and deport an unspecified number of expats who participated in a protest against the controversial remarks by two former BJP functionaries against Prophet Muhammad, as the Gulf nation's laws do not allow such demonstrations, according to a media report.
Instructions have been issued to arrest expats from the Fahaheel area who organised a demonstration after Friday prayers in support of Prophet Muhammad, Arab News, an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia, quoted sources as saying.
Kuwait said that the protestors will be deported to their respective countries as they violated the laws and regulations of the country which stipulates that sit-ins or demonstrations by expats are not to be organised in the Gulf nation, it said.
"The detectives are in the process of arresting them and referring to the deportation center to be deported to their countries and will be banned from entering Kuwait again," reported Al Rai, a Kuwaiti newspaper.
The report did not mention the nationalities of those expatriates who took part in the demonstration.
All expats in Kuwait must respect Kuwait laws and not take part in any type of demonstration.
The Kuwait government was one of the few countries who had summoned the Indian envoy over the remarks of the former BJP functionaries.
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