Tunisia sentences British DJ for playing 'Muslim call to prayer' in a club

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 A British DJ has been sentenced to a year in jail by a Tunisian
court after he played a dance remix of the Muslim call to prayer in a
night club

DJ Dax J, who had already fled
the country was charged with public indecency and offending public
morality in the court case, according to a BBC report.

He was said to have performed at the Orbit Festival in a club located in the coastal city of Hammamet on Friday and caused controversy on social media after he played a remix of the Muslim call to prayer at the event. 

DJ
Dax J later took to his Facebook page to apologize after receiving
threatening messages from Muslims and was later forced to delete his
account.

During the court hearing, the court,
however, dismissed the charges against the nightclub owner and an
organizer of the event but sentenced the DJ in his absence to a year in
jail.

The Tunisia’s religious affairs ministry in a
statement said: ‘Mocking the opinions and religious principles of
Tunisians is absolutely unacceptable.’

360L