Javed Akhtar Against Use Of Loudspeakers At Religious Places
Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has voiced his support to singer Sonu Nigam and said loudspeakers should not be used at places of worships.
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Veteran
lyricist
Javed
Akhtar
has
voiced
his
support
to
singer
Sonu
Nigam
and
said
loudspeakers
should
not
be
used
at
places
of
worships.
Last
year,
Nigam
had
described
the
loud
sermons
from
the
loudspeakers
as
hooliganism
in
a
series
of
tweets
which
led
to
a
'fatwa' being
issued
against
him
by
a
Kolkata-based
cleric.
Now,
Akhtar
has
made
a
case
against
the
use
of
loudspeakers
at
religious
places.
"This
is
to
put
on
record
that
I
totally
agree
with
all
those
including
Sonu
Nigam
who
want
that
loudspeakers
should
not
be
used
by
the
mosques
and
for
that
matter
by
any
place
of
worship
in
residential
areas,"
Akhtar
tweeted.
He
also
gave
it
back
to
a
Twitter
user
who
called
him
out
for
being
a
hypocrite.
"Maen
har
galat
baat
Kay
Khilaf
awaaz
uthata
hoon.
Mushkil
yehi
hai
ke
aap
dusron
ki
galti
to
maan
saktay
hain
Magar
apni
nahin.
(I
have
spoken
out
against
everything
that
is
not
right.
Problem
is
that
you
point
out
others' mistakes
but
are
not
ready
to
accept
yours.)"
Aktar
replied.
"Some
people
just
cannot
believe
that
someone
can
be
fair
and
above
communal
prejudices
because
they
themselves
are
not.
Ask
Ashoke
Pandit
how
many
times
I
haves
spoken
about
KPS
(Kashmiri
Pandits)
including
once
in
the
presence
of
the
CM
late
Mufti
Mohammad
Sayeed
and
his
daughter,
Mehbooba
Mufti,
who
is
the
present
Chief
Minister,"
Akhtar
replied
to
another
user.
Meanwhile,
Nigam
said
Akhtar's
support
for
him
is
"well
timed" as
there
is
a
threat
to
his
security
because
of
the
issue.
"Javedji
taking
a
stand
is
actually
well-timed
because,
he
perhaps
realised
that
for
the
last
two
days
there
have
been
rumours
going
around
that
there
is
a
threat
to
my
security
and
most
of
the
people
in
the
industry
did
not
want
to
take
a
stand
in
my
favour,
because
of
a
lot
of
reasons,"
Nigam
told
a
private
channel.
He
also
lamented
that
nobody
from
the
industry
supported
him
over
the
issue
but
people
were
quick
to
stand
shoulder-to-
shoulder
with
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
for
Padmaavat.PTI