Sonu Nigam: "Government should take action against those who issue fatwas"
Updated : May 07, 2017 10:22 AM ISTSinger Sonu Nigam has urged the central government to take action against those who issue death threats in the form of “fatwa”.
In March, Nigam got embroiled in a controversy over his tweets against the use of loudspeakers at odd hours during azaan (Muslim call for prayer).
“I have full faith in God, who is omnipresent and all-pervading. But I don’t like this mentality, when any one issues fatwa against any other person, saying cut off his hair, kill him. There was a fatwa… for cutting off my head,” Sonu said on TV show Aap Ki Adalat.
“In my view, the government must do something about this. We live in a civilised and democratic country. We are a republic. How can we allow such things like fatwa? I am also against lynching of people by Gau Rakshaks. I am totally against them.
“I don’t like gundagardi (hooliganism) in any form. You can’t go in a group of 12 people and threaten a family in the name of religion. Such things should not happen in our country. We are all doing well, actually. We are doing very well these days. This is not a political statement, but I believe ‘Achhe din aa rahe hain’ (good days are coming),” he added.
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Sonu said he has no interest in joining politics and has no connection with any political party.
“I do not have any contacts with politicians. Neither do I invite them, nor anybody comes to my house, nor do I get any phone calls from them. I am happy in my world. I don’t visit any politician’s house,” he said.
“Yes, I do have contacts with (AAP leader) Kumar Vishwas, but he is a poet, and he wants me to sing his songs. I am neither aligned with any political party, nor any organisation. I do charity work quietly, and I do not boast,” he added.
Sonu also said that though he “sometimes did feel” like leaving India and settling in some other country, he considers India as his home.