Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi had on Tuesday said, “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.”
Responding to the fatwa issued against him by West Bengal Minority United Council, singer Sonu Nigam took to Twitter on Wednesday, asking vice president of the council Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi to keep Rs 10 lakhs ready.
"Today at 2pm Aalim will come to my place, and shave my head. Keep your 10 lakhs ready Maulavi," he tweeted.
Nigam had on Monday taken to Twitter to rant about the sound of azaan that woke him up.
Following which, addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Tuesday, Quaderi had said, “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 also called Nigam an anti-national and added that no one had the right to hurt the sentiments of any other religion. “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 said.
"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," one of Nigam's tweets read.
He had also said that there was no electricity during the time of Prophet Muhammed. ‘Gundagardi hai bus...’ another of his tweet read.
Soon after this, the Twitterati went berserk, slamming Nigam left right and centre and the singer had to face a lot of backlash, owing to his tweets. While most of the Twitteratis were busy posting against the singer, some did manage to see the real problem (of the use of loudspeakers at religious places) behind Nigam's comments.
Finally reacting to the uproar, Nigam wrote, "Dear everyone. Your stand exposes your own IQ. I stand by my statement that loudspeakers should not be allowed in Mosques & Temples. Period"
(With inputs from our correspondent Arshad Ali and agencies)
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