Singer Sonu Nigam Tweets That Azaan From Mosque Is ‘Gundagardi’ As It Wakes Him Up Early

Dipali Patel

Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam was at the centre of a debate on the call to prayers from mosques on Monday after tweeting that the azaan was forced religiousness. 

b’Sonu Nigam | Image Source: AFP’

The 43-year old singer said the morning azaan was nothing but ‘forced religiousness’ and wondered why it was allowed despite it waking up people who didn’t follow the faith.

Here’s what he tweeted: 

And this is how Twitter reacted to his opinion :

(Feature Image Source: AFP)

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