Sonu Nigam on Azaan row: I stand by my statement

After the backlash Sonu Nigam received following his tweets about 'forced religiousness', the singer has clarified his statement saying that his statements were not against any religion but usage of loudspeakers.

After a series of replies to those questioning or supporting his view, he tweeted, "Dear everyone. Your stand exposes your own IQ. I stand by my statement that loudspeakers should not be allowed in Mosques & Temples. Period."

Dear everyone. Your stand exposes your own IQ. I stand by my statement that loudspeakers should not be allowed in Mosques & Temples. Period

— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 18, 2017

A day before, Sonu Nigam waded into trolling waters after he let loose a volley of four tweets about his annoyance at being woken up by azaan (the Islamic call to prayer) and termed the use of loudspeakers as "forced religiousness" and "gundagardi". He went on to clarify that he is also against the use of loudspeakers in temples and was a noise issue rather than a religious one.

Check out his previous tweets:

God bless everyone. I'm not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the Azaan in the morning. When will this forced religiousness end in India

— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 16, 2017

And by the way Mohammed did not have electricity when he made Islam.. Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison?

— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 17, 2017

I don't believe in any temple or gurudwara using electricity To wake up people who don't follow the religion . Why then..? Honest? True?

— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 17, 2017

Gundagardi hai bus...

— Sonu Nigam (@sonunigam) April 17, 2017