West Bengal maulvi announces Rs10 lac for shaving Sonu Nigam's head
Quaderi suggested that people like Sonu Nigam have no right to live in the country.
BENGAL (Web Desk) - The vice president of West Bengal Minority United Council in India Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi has announced Rs10 lac for any person who shaves Sonu Nigam’s head and places garland of shoes around his neck, reported DNA.
“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,” he said while issuing a fatwa against Nigam’s Azaan comments as quoted by the newspaper.
Quaderi suggested that people like Sonu Nigam have no right to live in the country.
“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,” he added.
He also announced that a rally will be held to protest the comments.
“It is a rally to send a message across to people like Nigam and RSS leaders who had recently put up a public meeting at the same place to insult our prophet. The rally will be attended by people across all faiths,” Quaderi said.
Sabir Ali, general secretary of the council also slammed the singer for his indecent statements.
“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 o get up early with the sound of azaan,” said Ali.
Minority leader Khaled Ebadullah cited the example of Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra and said, “Here is another actor who doesn’t need cheap publicity. She had said that every morning she wakes up with the sound of azaan and finds it so good that she keeps her apartment windows open in the morning to listen to it. Now whose testimony would you hold good?”
On Monday, the singer posted a series of statements against Azaan terming it ‘forced religiousness’. However; he received flak over his comments as people called him ‘disrespectful’ towards the religion.