In a controversial religious rant on Twitter, singer Sonu Nigam stated that he doesn’t like having to wake-up early with the Azaan playing at 4 O’ clock in the morning and termed it “forced religiousness”. The sound of the Azaan coming from a Mosque, presumably near his house ended up waking him up early in the morning, which irked the singing superstar so much that he instantly logged into Twitter to complain about it. He further Tweeted, “Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison?”
Here are some of his Tweets:
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
Gundagardi hai bus…— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 17, 2017
Twitter seemed to be divided over his comments, with some, urging him to be more tolerant towards other people’s beliefs:
@sonunigam For my all time fav bollywood singer to tweet in Such a disrespectful manner is ridiculous. I have lost all respect for you— Asam (@Asam__A) April 17, 2017
@sonunigam There is so much hatred already sir plz stop spreading more 🙏🏻🙏🏻— Nazish Zeb (@shahanzeb) April 17, 2017
@sonunigam Learn to accept & respect our religious differences. Living in a multi-religious society demands some tolerance.— =) (@smiles61446) April 17, 2017
@sonunigam Am a Hindu but isn’t same “inconvinience” faced by Non Hindus too when we blare loudspeakers for Navratri n Ganesh processions?— Maya (@IamMayaSharma) April 17, 2017
@sonunigam The screeching loudspeakers hurt Old patients, disturb students studying for exams n scare babies.— Maya (@IamMayaSharma) April 17, 2017
@siddarthpaim @RougeAF @sonunigam And chocked roads on Ganesh Chaturthi when Sonu Nigam takes fat check to get crowd? Apparently, in Mumbai Chaturthi spans a week.— Vivek Kushwaha (@yoursvivek) April 17, 2017
What do you think about this whole thing?