It is not an crazy idea and that is what is being practised in India. In fact, India does not have any blashphemy law. We do have section 295A (https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1803184/).
The atmosphere become highly polarized after Md. Zubair selectively amplified the outrageous comment on social media. He even translated the video in Arabic for middle-east countries to take note. He rejoiced on twitter when the Islamic nations was summoning Indian ambassadors and Indian product was being boycotted. If you are going at that length to malign image of any country then certainly people have right to demand legal action against your mischief.