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mid-day editorial: Cut the noise and stick to the point
Updated On: 22 April, 2017 06:14 AM IST | | mid-day correspondent
<p>Days after singer Sonu Nigam kicked up a storm complaining about the use of loudspeakers to broadcast prayers and sermons like azaan, the controversy rages on. The immediate reactions cleaved the masses into two — while some slammed Sonu for targeting a certain religion, others lauded him for bravely voicing "a nagging issue"</p>
Days after singer Sonu Nigam kicked up a storm complaining about the use of loudspeakers to broadcast prayers and sermons like azaan, the controversy rages on. The immediate reactions cleaved the masses into two — while some slammed Sonu for targeting a certain religion, others lauded him for bravely voicing "a nagging issue".
The story, however, did not end there. Under duress, the singer offered to apologise at a point, saying he was a secular citizen of the country, but then he chose to stand by his controversial tweet, adding that he was not targeting any one religion. Not surprisingly, a fatwa followed and Sonu got his head tonsured in "response" to the Muslim cleric's demands. The drama continued as the cleric pointed out Sonu was yet to be garlanded with torn shoes and paraded across the country.
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