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Industry stands divided on Sonu Nigams Twitter rant against azan
Singer Sonu Nigams tweets attacking religious sentiments have angered his fans and followers. Heres what industry people have to say about Nigams take on forced religiousness.
Social media users were in for a shock on Monday morning when singer Sonu Nigam wrote a series of tweets that questioned the need for mosques in India to use a loudspeaker while calling out for daily prayers to devotees. Seemingly annoyed by the sound of Azan (call to prayers in a mosque), Sonu tagged it as forced religiousness and wrote, God bless everyone. Im not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the Azan in the morning. When will this forced religiousness end in India.
Clearly, Sonu didnt see what was coming his way next, as he continued posting a series of controversial tweets, for which he drew flak from his fans and followers that called him all sorts of names for being insensitive and derogatory.
The singer added in his next tweet, And by the way Mohammed did not have electricity when he made Islam.. Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison? This was followed by yet another blunt statement saying, I dont believe in any temple or gurudwara using electricity To wake up people who dont follow the religion . Why then..? Honest? True? He concluded saying, Gundagardi hai bus.
While his tweets triggered a fresh row on social media with Twitterati slamming him, people from the film industry feel that its a democratic country and everyone is entitled to share their own views. Actor Anupam Kher was visibly surprised to learn that these tweets were posted on Sonu Nigams verified Twitter page. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt told us in a text message, This is an engineered affair. I refuse to be part of this silly conflict.
--hindustantimes
