What Nupur Sharma said was not said for the first time in history, but the kind of reaction it has been getting does raise suspicions that there is definitely more to it than what meets the eye.
Sikhs in Afghanistan have been targeted by Islamist groups including the ruling Taliban and have been threatened to either flee the country or convert to Islam even before the so-called blasphemous statements by Nupur Sharma.
Islamists like Rana Ayyub, Hussain Haidry and other anonymous accounts on social media which often propagate Pakistani and Islamist agenda under the garb of anonymity questioned Prasad's 'silence' over the rioting mob in Agnipath recruitment scheme
Maulana Engineer Mohammad Ali Mirza of Pakistan slammed the United States for grabbing the opportunity to criticize India over the Prophet Muhammad Row.