Thousands of of Muslims in Saharanpur, northern India, held a noisy protest over recent anti-Islamic slurs by Indian senior officials.

The protest on Friday 10 June was triggered by offensive anti-Islamic remarks by ruling-party spokesperson Nupur Sharma during a TV debate about Gyanvapi mosque at the end of May.

Hindus claim the mosque is built on the ruins of a 16th Century Hindu shrine and some want permission to pray inside the mosque complex while others want to demolish the mosque entirely to restore the temple they claim was once there.

Nupur Sharma is a national spokeswoman for the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The head of the BJP's media unit, Naveen Jindal, was also expelled from the party for sharing a screenshot of the offensive remarks, on Twitter.

There were large protests on Friday at Delhi's Jama Masjid mosque and around the country, including in Kolkata, Belagavi, Lucknow, Moradabad and Saharanpur.

There were also stone-throwing clashes in Uttar Pradesh. This footage shows one angry protest in Saharanpur district in that state.

More than a dozen majority-Islamic nations have reacted angrily to the offence and India's government has tried to portray the pair as peripheral figures who were not reflective of government policy.

The Prophet insult row has exploded with protests across India.The protestors are demanding the arrest of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad during a TV debate and on social media. A large group of muslims people protested after the Friday prayers outside Delhi's Jama Masjid and at various other places in Kolkata, Belagavi, Lucknow, Moradabad & Saharanpur. Slogans were raised against both of them demanding their arrest . Hundreds and muslims can be seen making slogans against the remark , some places in Uttar Pradesh also saw violent protest like stone pelting. These visuals are from Uttar Pradesh Saharanpur district . Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal were India's ruling party BJP spokesperson before they were suspended from BJP after massive outrage from many muslims countries over their remark .