Sonu Nigam's tweets on Azaan and noise pollution has blown into a controversy and we are not surprised. Considering how a person can be made to pay heavily for expressing his or her opinion on social media sites, this surely hasn't come as a surprise. While we thought that the criticism will remain just to hate tweets and trolling, there is a new twist to the whole controversy. According to a DNA report, a senior member of a minority council issued a fatwa against the singer.

Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi, vice president, West Bengal Minority United Council was quoted in the report saying,

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“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.”

At a press conference that was held by the Maulvi, he said that no one has the right to hurt the religious sentiments of people. He said,

“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 read: Sonu Nigam Remains Firm On His Stand, Tweets He's Against The Use Of Loudspeaker & Not Religion)

Talking about the rally that he is planning against Sonu Nigam, he said,

“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.”

Sabir Ali, general secretary of the council too criticised Sonu Nigam and called the tweets a publicity stunt.

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Reacting to this, Sonu Nigam has already accepted the challenge and has welcomed the Maulvi himself to be present there.

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And he also invited the press.