A Tunisian court handed a British DJ a one year jail term in absentia Thursday after he played a remixed recording of the Muslim call to prayer , a judicial source said . Dax J , who left Tunisia after last weekend’ s set in the northeastern town of Hammamet , was sentenced to “ six months for public indecency and six months for offending public morality ” , said Ylyes Miladi , a spokesman of a court in the nearby town of Grombalia .
The court dismissed charges against the nightclub owner and an organizer behind the event in the coastal resort , but the prosecution has appealed saying the two should have checked what the DJ would be playing , he added . A video of the alleged incident shared widely online since Sunday shows clubbers dancing to music that includes the call to prayer . It sparked a storm of debate on social media . On Monday , authorities announced they had closed the nightclub . The DJ has issued an apology , as have the organizers of the event . Tunisia ’ s religious affairs ministry has said : “Mocking the opinions and religious principles of Tunisians is absolutely unacceptable. ” AFP We give all for Benefits...
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