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 organiser 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 organisers of the event .
Tunisia ’ s religious affairs ministry has said : “Mocking the opinions and religious principles of Tunisians is absolutely unacceptable. ”
AFP
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