PERSONA NON GRATA FROM INDIA

In a 4-page memorandum sent to OIC Head office, Jeddah, Turkish Foreign Ministry, Indonesian Foreign Ministry, Indonesian Embassy in London and New Delhi, Council of Indian Muslims UK (CIM) has urged the 25th OIC Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation being held in Istanbul, to declare the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi persona non grata, who, according to Indian newspapers, has been invited for a visit by one of OIC member countries, Indonesia. In November 2008, the memorandum reads, a similar invitation was extended to him by the government of Qatar but the visit was later cancelled. Recently in 2009 Sultanate of Oman also extended its hand to honour this “mass murderer” of Muslims. However, after online signature campaigns and protests by the Indian Muslims and justice loving non-Muslims, Government of Oman clarified that it had nothing to do with the invitation and a non-Omani company working there had invited Modi on its own.