Sonu Nigam tweets about Muslims and the Azaan; Twitter has a field day

Sonu Nigam's been a motor mouth all his life. The singer whose songs have been chartbusters have been on rough grounds, thanks to his controversial statements. Now, he landed in fresh trouble after he posted a few tweets about Muslims and the Azaan. 

On Monday morning, Nigam posted a series of tweets, taking digs at the religion and the Azaan - the Islamic call to worship. According to Sonu, he is regularly woken up by the Azaan which disturbs his sleep and hence is on a complaining mode. He didn't just stop there. He went further and explained how Prophet Mohammad lived in an era where there was no electricity and compared the azaan to a cacophony?'

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

Sonu is now facing severe backlash on social media for making such a statement as it has not gone down well with a section of people. Immediately, Twitterati started having a field day and slammed him left, right and centre. Comments against the singer ranged from bad to ugly. Take a look at few of the comments right here -

@sonunigam I am a fan of urs but this was definitely a bullshit statement. U gotta respect other religions beliefs. It's a democratic country.

— Madhur Chandna (@macchandna) April 17, 2017

@sonunigam Who forced u , kan Mai roi ghussa Ker Soye rahe . What rubbish

— Nazish Zeb (@shahanzeb) April 17, 2017

@sanity_speaker @sonunigam Nobody has any right to question or inflict their religious beliefs, end of discussion 

— Nazish Zeb (@shahanzeb) April 17, 2017

@ideas655 @sonunigam Move to Iceland

— Khurram (@Khurramtalk) April 17, 2017

@sonunigam So true.Only cows should be made to moo in morning on loudspeaker in jugalbadi with Sonu to remind u not to eat beef https://t.co/WuulAAn8BR

— #DestroyTheAadhaar (@Stupidosaur) April 17, 2017

@sonunigam Learn to accept & respect our religious differences. Living in a multi-religious society demands some tolerance.

— =) (@smiles61446) April 17, 2017

@devigoes4alpha @intellisurfer @sonunigam I am sorry, calling it cacophony and making any sort of comments on a Prophet arent Valid comments.

— Saniya Pathan (@saaniisweet) April 17, 2017

@globalsirciv @sonunigam How Would U feel If Someone RISE against Ur Religion? U won't Feel Good! RIGHT??
I FELT THE SAME after Reading ur Tweet!

— f@had Masd (@fahad8five) April 17, 2017

@sonunigam I couldn't believe this kind of statement coming from u sir , I respect u a lot but this is not fair 

— Nazish Zeb (@shahanzeb) April 17, 2017