Singer Sonu Nigam sparked up a controversy on Monday morning when he was apparently woken up by the sound of Azaan from a local mosque, which by the way he hated it so much that he called it ‘gundagardi’.
Nigam’s main concern was:
“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,” the singer 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
— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 16, 2017
And he continued saying:
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
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He further said that he doesn’t ‘believe’ that temples and gurudwaras should wake up people with loud noises either.
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
Nigam concluded saying:
Gundagardi hai bus…
— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 17, 2017
In aa meanwhile, Twitterati lashed out at Sonu Nigam:
Dear Sonu Nigam u forget u started ur career doing jagrata all night. Where was gundagardi thn. If azaan shd stop thn jagrata shd also stop.
— G.MISHRA (@Satyameva_J) April 17, 2017
Azaan should be stopped in India, where millions of Muslims live, because desh ka laadla Sonu Nigam can’t sleep. Where is the tolerance? FO.
— Sheru. (@iamzaalima) April 17, 2017
While some stood in support of Nigam:
@saaniisweet @intellisurfer @sonunigam He has made valid comments as a citizen and his freedom of speech is inviolable. Use an alarm clock on ur iPhone to get up at 5am on Sunday.
— #Strategicculture (@devigoes4alpha) April 17, 2017
Kudos to you Sonu Nigam. & with that said, im against the use of loud speakers by gurudwaras & temples too, just as mosques.
— Queen B (@_msfancypantss) April 17, 2017
But editor and screenwriter, Apurva Asrani, summarised it in probably a best possible way:
Don’t want to hear the Azaan at dawn, nor do I want to hear a Chikni Chameli tuned Ganesh Aarti at dusk. Ban ALL loudspeakering of religion. https://t.co/BVu1Nb6mKR
— Apurva Asrani (@Apurvasrani) April 17, 2017
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