NEW DELHI: A top British
diplomat has called the Golden Temple a mosque following which he apologised for the
gaffe amid protests by the Sikh community. Simon McDonald, Permanent
Under-Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, referred to the Golden Temple
in Amritsar as the "Golden Mosque" in a tweet on Monday.
"At Queen's Birthday party, presented with picture of The Queen at Golden Mosque in Amritsar in 1997, a permanent memento for Deputy High Commission's wall," he tweeted.
"At Queen's Birthday party, presented with picture of The Queen at Golden Mosque in Amritsar in 1997, a permanent memento for Deputy High Commission's wall," he tweeted.
On realising his mistake, he apologised for the gaffe.
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