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(Pi Bureau)
Bollywood Singer Sonu Nigam’s tweets this morning , complaining about being woken up by the azaan or morning call to prayer, have snowballed into a controversy. Sonu Nigam, 43, ranted against the use of loudspeakers to call the faithful in a series of tweets, also clarifying that he objected to increased decibel levels from temples and gurudwaras as well. ‘Not a Muslim, why should I be woken by the azaan,’ he began, then railed against electrification being used for ‘forced religiousness,’ and ended by describing the uninvited wake up call as ‘gundagardi.’
Here are 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
And by the way Mohammed did not have electricity when he made Islam.. Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison?
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?
Gundagardi hai bus…
Sonu Nigam’s tweets have opened a debate on Twitter, with several siding with and against the singer. Some have pointed out those labelling the singer ‘anti-Muslim’ that it is not Islam he is objecting to, but the use of loudspeakers in particular. ‘Sonu Nigam’ is currently the top trend on Twitter.
His tweets has created controversy in the social media Buzz, blaming him for fetching extra marks from BJP
