Singer Sonu Nigam stirred up a storm in the early hours of Monday after he tweeted out his exasperation against early morning sounds of Azaan which are delivered on loudspeakers on Mosques everyday:
https://twitter.com/sonunigam/status/853758848133242880
https://twitter.com/sonunigam/status/853760205368078336
https://twitter.com/sonunigam/status/853761583666806784
https://twitter.com/sonunigam/status/853764889671720960
This opposition of Sonu Nigam to the practice of playing Azaan, earned him the wrath of many who proceeded to abuse, attack and curse him:
https://twitter.com/Mohdnehal395/status/853859578626195456
https://twitter.com/MuzamilAslam3/status/853851986621366272
https://twitter.com/ubaid_hunk/status/853851869185282050
https://twitter.com/PATHAN_KHAN7/status/853852221632655360
https://twitter.com/Irfan068/status/853852586318979072
Apart from making a moral case, Sonu Nigam might also be legally correct when he calls for the scrapping of loudspeakers for delivering religious sermons. In a 2015 the Bombay High Court had observed that there were about 822 Mosques and 90 Temples which did not have licenses to operate loudspeakers.
Also in 2014 the Bombay High court had called for a removal of Illegal loudspeakers from Religious structures in Navi Mumbai and Mumbai the order which was also welcomed by Muslim leaders.
While the ruling applies to all religions, hardly any religion seems to be following the rules. Also for those who are indulging in Whataboutery, about whether Sonu has only singled out Islam, in 2014 Sonu had posted about the noise and the lack of cleanliness during Ganesh visarjan.
But, all social media users were not vile. Some even suggested a solution:
https://twitter.com/mohsinnow/status/853852849918197761
And if Sonu doesn’t like the above solution, he can follow so-called journalist Zakka Jacob’s advice to filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri:
https://twitter.com/vivekagnihotri/status/853896995106209792