Sonu Nigam shaves his head following Azaan controversy

Singer's action was a response to a cleric who had announced prize money for shaving his head


Entertainment Desk April 19, 2017
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MUMBAI: Sonu Nigam recently made headlines when he found himself in the middle of a controversy regarding his tweets about the Azaan.

When the situation spiraled out of control and a Muslim cleric reportedly announced a reward of INR1 million for whoever shaves the singer' head, Sonu responded on Twitter by saying that he will do so himself.

https://twitter.com/sonunigam/status/854548450548908032

He later called a press conference where he clarified his stance on the matter. “Azaan is important, not loudspeaker. Arti is important, not loudspeaker,” the Bollywood singer said. A few moments later, Sonu got his head shaved.

PHOTO: ANI

Before shaving his head, Sonu spoke to the media and addressed some key misconceptions regarding his statements.

“I’ll shave my head in a while. It’s not a challenge. It’s a request. What are you doing in this country? I am a believer but I don’t think my religion is the best but yours isn’t. I don’t believe in that. You have to fight fanaticism, you can’t be quite.”

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He probed about getting his hair shaved off, “I have requested an Alim to come. He will shave my head but it isn’t any agitation or challenge. The one who is cutting my hair is a Muslim and I am a Hindu. There is no animosity. The same language of fatwa can be communicated in a language of love. Being secular means understanding each other’s problems and not saying ‘I am only right," reported The Indian Express


Commenting on his own tweet, Sonu said, “Everyone has right to his opinion and I only spoke about loudspeakers. I spoke about a social issue, not any religion. I said it for temples, gurudwaras and mosques, why is it so hard to comprehend?”


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COMMENTS (23)

K G | 7 years ago | Reply 21st century !!!. .. And we are talking as hindu and muslims!! We are reading names first then commenting. We are using our respectve religions to show our difference of opinion on a use of a loudspesker. ..Shame on all of us. All of you seems educated people who can write good English having worldwide knowledge. We all Hindu and muslims are the biggest fools of the century.Coming generations will make jokes on us soon .. Honestly speaking how many of us has time to teach children our true religion. I think you will all get united when there will be a war with some other planet and human life will be in danger on earth. Till then enjoy playing this hindu hindu Muslim Muslim......
Usman | 7 years ago | Reply Hindus working in ksa and Gulf have no problem with azan You will forget numbers of mosques if you count them here in ksa people stop talking in gathering and lower down music in cars during azan Don't know how these Hindus are so tolerant and respectful to other religions outside India!
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