Sonu Nigam shocked everyone yesterday morning with his comments on Azaan, which according to social media users were derogatory and annoying. This gave a good chance to them to thrash him brutally; many thought that he spoke against “Muslim community” but at the same time, there were some sensible people who understood that he didn’t mean to hurt any religion but was just voicing his opinion.
Sonu’s 4 tweets set social media on fire. Yesterday, Sonu didn’t speak a word about his posts, but today, he gave us the clarification that he’s against “Loudspeakers” and not against any “Religion”.
Even after his explanation, his fans and followers continued to criticize him. Yesterday, many biggies reacted to this matter; we are here with their tweets and statements.
Once again, some reactions were in favor of him while some were against him. Check them out…
Rajdeep Sardesai!
We outrage over an inane comment of @sonunigam ; when will we outrage over continuing farm suicides and job crunch? #realissues
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) April 18, 2017
Wajid Khan!
I'm hurt as my dearest brother @sonunigam tweeted such words about #Azaan n not being a Muslim #Gundagiri knowing U never expected ths not U
— Wajid Khan (@wajidkhan7) April 17, 2017
KRK!
Too many ppl are asking me to say something for @sonunigam! Ok! So I can say with 100% confidence dat he doesn't hate any religion or caste.
— KRK (@kamaalrkhan) April 17, 2017
Actually @sonunigam tried to say dat Dharmon (All Religions) Ke thekedar are doing Gundagardi in the name of religion in India n he's right.
— KRK (@kamaalrkhan) April 17, 2017
Abhijeet!
https://twitter.com/abhijeetsinger/status/853953239028465664
Pooja Bhatt!
I wake each morning to the sound of church bells & the Azaan in a quiet by-lane of Bandra.I light an aggarbatti & salute the spirit of India
— Pooja Bhatt (@PoojaB1972) April 18, 2017
Moreover, Hindustan Times got in touch with some celebrities and asked them about this matter. Check out what all they said;
Kailash Kher
“Sonu has highlighted an important aspect of our life. Inhoney yeh bahut gehri baat boli hain. I think we can’t impose religion on anyone. Humanity is the biggest religion. You will see people preaching love and harmony but how many of us follow it? I guess proper education is the need of the hour and that can only help people realise that we should give more importance to humanity and not religion. We all talk about change that we want to bring or have brought, but mujhe lagta hain abhi kuch bhi nahin badla hain. Badlao andar sey aani chahiye jaise Kabira ne bhi bola hain.”
Sona Mohapatra
“Any religion or anybody seeking spiritual salvation doesn’t need a plea — be it Muslims singing the azan or Hindus with their bhajans.”
Shaan
“I support what he has tweeted, not because he’s a friend but because he’s right. The law of the land is equal (for) all. Be it Azaan or Hanuman Chalisa chant or any other religious practice, one must see that noise pollution must be curtailed.”
Mahesh Bhatt
“This is an ‘engineered’ affair. I refuse to be part of this silly conflict.”
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