Sonu Nigam tweets again, stands by his controversial remarks

On April 16, singer Sonu Nigam made a statement on Twitter against the use of loudspeakers for ‘azaan’, the call to prayer in mosques. His comments didn’t go down well on the internet, where he was accused of being insensitive towards Muslims. On Tuesday, he posted another tweet saying that he stood by his earlier remarks.

Nigam had previously said:

Sonu then proceeded to retweet accounts and share links of articles that agreed with his statement.

His peers Shaan, Sona Mohapatra and Kailash Kher supported his stance.