Singer Sonu Nigam has landed himself into the trouble by a tweet against Azaan(Prayer). Firstly Sonu had 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 later tweeted: "Dear everyone. Your stand exposes your own IQ. I stand by my statement that loudspeakers should not be allowed in Mosques & Temples. Period."
A senior member of minority council Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi said. "If anyone can shave his hair, put a garland of old torn shoes around his neck and tour him around the country I personally announce an award of Rs 10 lakh for that person," after issuing Fatwa.
"I would have reacted the same way if one had talked ill about the sound of bells coming from a temple as well. If we all become so intolerant about each other’s religions, we will soon have a bunch of atheists in our country. People like Nigam should be driven out of the country," also said by him.
The general secretary of the council named Sabar Ali said, "More than the namaz people are disturbed by the cacophony from his music studio and during his concerts. In every religion people are asked to wake up early in the morning. Just like Muslims wake up early to say namaz, Hindus too wake up early in the morning to do Surya Namaskar. God gives these people prosperity. It seems Nigam had lost his popularity and Arijit Singh from Bengal is getting all the singing contracts. Our appeal to Nigam is to get up early with the sound of azaan."
The fatwa which being issued against Sonu Nigam shot back on Twitter, "Today at 2pm Aalim will come to my place, and shave my head. Keep your 10 lakhs ready Maulavi. "And Press is welcome to participate at 2pm."
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