Singer Sonu Nigam, who is currently in Dubai and has not been able to return to India because the lockdown, has been trending all through recently, but for all the wrong reasons. A tweet that he posted three years ago in 2017 suddenly resurfaced on social media drawing online ire.
A section of the media even erroneously reported that the singer has been forced to deactivate his Twitter account owing to the cyber onslaught. The truth is Sonu had deleted his Twitter account long ago, in 2017, after facing massive trolling over tweet comments he had made back then criticising the ‘azaan’. He has never been back on the social media microblogging site, though he does have an Instagram account.
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Sonu’s controversial tweets had come around this time in 2017 and a section of the Twiteratti, probably without checking the date, posted screenshots of the old tweets.
Below are screenshots of the tweets that has started going viral:
@DubaiPoliceHQc you immediately arrest #SonuNigam. This has insulted our Prophet. In tweet, tomorrow you will have to answer on the Day of Allah also👇 pic.twitter.com/bi5Ji6HGD5
— mdanishadv (@Mdanishadv) April 20, 2020
Residents of Dubai are demanding their police to arrest him as Sonu Nigam is stranded there amid the lockdown.
How is Mr.Sonu Nigam doing in Dubai, how he manage to stay there where Azan is heard every where, or Azan sounds melodious to him in Dubai….
— shalini talwar (@shalinit_6) April 20, 2020
@Dubai @DubaiPoliceHQ @DXBMediaOffice @DubaiPressClub @rta_dubai #sonunigam bollywood singer have problem with azan voice and daily he is telling something against muslim can you please solve his problem he is in dubai right now https://t.co/vOfVhlAvT4
— Mohammad Mazhar (@Mohamma98300069) April 20, 2020
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#sonunigam@DubaiPoliceHQ you immediately arrest #SonuNigam. This has insulted our Prophet. In tweet, tomorrow you will have to answer on the Day of Allah also👇 pic.twitter.com/TBnFfyiePq pic.twitter.com/VBAUnyMhpN
— Ubhrapeterparker (@Ubhrapeterpark1) April 21, 2020
Now, Adnan Sami has come out in support of Sonu Nigam after he was trolled by a section of netizens over his 2017 tweets on the azaan and claimed that he is like his true brother. Taking to his Twitter handle Adnan wrote,
“As far as Sonu Nigam is concerned, forget about his singing which is incredibly beautiful; he is a true brother who has always been by my side & loved me like my own!! I know for a fact, personally, that he respects all faiths!! Kindly leave him alone…”
As far as Sonu Nigam is concerned, forget about his singing which is incredibly beautiful; he is a true brother who has always been by my side & loved me like my own!! I know for a fact, personally, that he respects all faiths!! Kindly leave him alone… #WithYouSonuNigam pic.twitter.com/0NQb6L3f9y
— Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) April 21, 2020
Soon after Adnan tweet went viral, netizens trolled him for supporting Sonu Nigam. Here are some tweets:
He is behaving like a personal secretary of Mr sonu nigam.
— Zohaib Ali Khan (@ZohaibA79296032) April 21, 2020
Chor Chor. Mausere Bhai… Hai na..
Aaj fit baitha yeh muhawra dono par.. 😂 😀 🤣— Jordon (@John_Travelta) April 21, 2020
आपको उर्दू मे नमक हराम कहते है 🙏🙏🙏
— करंट वाले बाबा (@7gzwfSp) April 21, 2020
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Kis haq se bolre ap ke sab kuch bhol jao Adnan bhai…….
Sab kuch yaad rakha jayega aur sab kuch yaad dilaya jayega…….jab Kahan they ap o Azan ke bare me kaha tha…Kya koi sanp songgaya tha apko…apke yaar ko bolo behudey bayan na den— Abdul Rasheed (@AbdulRa31021397) April 21, 2020
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