in trouble after he tweeted against 'forced
religiousness' after being woken up by the
morning azaan. The tweets spread like
wildfire with the singer facing ire on social
media.
Sonu had tweeted, "God bless everyone. I'm
not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by
the Azaan in the morning. When will this
forced religiousness end in India."
He then put up another tweet saying, "Dear
everyone. Your stand exposes your own IQ. I
stand by my statement that loudspeakers
should not be allowed in Mosques &
Temples. Period."
Like many others, a senior member of
minority council Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi
issued a fatwa against Sonu. "If anyone can
shave his hair, put a garland of old torn
shoes around his neck and tour him around
the country I personally announce an award
of Rs 10 lakh for that person," said the Vice
President of West Bengal Minority United
Council.
He added, "I would have reacted the same
way if one had talked ill about the sound of
bells coming from a temple as well. If we all
become so intolerant about each other's
religions, we will soon have a bunch of
atheists in our country. People like Nigam
should be driven out of the country."
Sabar Ali, the general secretary of the council
stated, "More than the namaz people are
disturbed by the cacophony from his music
studio and during his concerts. In every
religion people are asked to wake up early
in the morning. Just like Muslims wake up
early to say namaz, Hindus too wake up
early in the morning to do Surya Namaskar.
God gives these people prosperity. It seems
Nigam had lost his popularity and Arijit
Singh from Bengal is getting all the singing
contracts. Our appeal to Nigam is to get up
early with the sound of azaan."
On reading the reports of a fatwa being
issued against Sonu Nigam shot back on
Twitter with a post that read, "Today at 2pm
Aalim will come to my place, and shave my
head. Keep your 10 lakhs ready Maulavi."
He added, "And Press is welcome to
participate at 2pm."

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