2 states in India have banned the use of loudspeakers in religious places- Goa and Uttar Pradesh, to avoid disturbing the residents.
And Indian musician, Sonu Nigam had voiced his opinion on the ban. And now he is facing death threats over this issue.
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has voiced his support to singer Sonu Nigam and said loudspeakers should not be used at places of worships. Last year, Nigam had described the loud sermons from the loudspeakers as hooliganism in a series of tweets which led to a ‘fatwa’ being issued against him by a Kolkata-based cleric.
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Now, Akhtar has made a case against the use of loudspeakers at religious places. “This is to put on record that I totally agree with all those including Sonu Nigam who want that loudspeakers should not be used by the mosques and for that matter by any place of worship in residential areas,” Akhtar tweeted.
He also gave it back to a Twitter user who called him out for being a hypocrite. “Main har galat baat Kay Khilaf awaaz uthata hoon. Mushkil yehi hai ke aap dusron ki galti to maan saktay hain Magar apni nahin. (I have spoken out against everything that is not right. Problem is that you point out others’ mistakes but are not ready to accept yours.)”
Mr. Nigam said Mr. Akhtar’s support for him is “well-timed” as there is a threat to his security because of the issue.
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“Javedji taking a stand is actually well-timed because he perhaps realised that for the last two days there have been rumours going around that there is a threat to my security and most of the people in the industry did not want to take a stand in my favour, because of a lot of reasons,” Mr Nigam told a news channel.
He said he is upset that nobody from the film industry supported him over the issue, but people were quick to come in defense of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali over the “Padmaavat” issue.
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