Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam has raised many eyebrows with his controversial tweets today Morning. The singer took to Twitter today early in the morning when he found himself woken up by the morning Azaan. Sonu Nigam, who was displeased with the sound of Azaan made some controversial tweets about it and also termed it as, “forced religiousness.”
The singer took to Twitter and wrote, “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.”
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Here are Sonu Nigam’s Controversial Tweets Against Muslims and Azaan
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
— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 16, 2017
And by the way Mohammed did not have electricity when he made Islam.. Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison?
— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 17, 2017
I don't believe in any temple or gurudwara using electricity To wake up people who don't follow the religion . Why then..? Honest? True?
— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 17, 2017
Sonu Nigam also addressed the whole practice as “gundagardi.”
Gundagardi hai bus…
— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 17, 2017
In no time, Sonu Nigam started facing severe backlash on Twitter for his tweets against azaan.
@sonunigam Why dont you go vocal during Ganesh Chaturthi!! I dont think that festival happens silently!!
— Saswata Chatterjee (@sassy_twittes) April 17, 2017
@sonunigam I couldn't believe this kind of statement coming from u sir , I respect u a lot but this is not fair ?
— Nazish Zeb (@shahanzeb) April 17, 2017
@sonunigam Oh temples also do it. They have their bhajan/kirtans/Ramayana and all round the day disturbance plans. All of this needs to be banned.
— Sanity Speaker ? (@sanity_speaker) April 17, 2017
@sonunigam So true.Only cows should be made to moo in morning on loudspeaker in jugalbadi with Sonu to remind u not to eat beef https://t.co/WuulAAn8BR
— #DestroyTheAadhaar (@Stupidosaur) April 17, 2017
@sonunigam Who forced u , kan Mai roi ghussa Ker Soye rahe . What rubbish
— Nazish Zeb (@shahanzeb) April 17, 2017
To people who aren’t aware of, Azaan is a call to prayer given five times a day by the muezzin of a mosque and the very first calls starts early in the morning.
