Nightclub shut down after DJ remixed Muslim call to prayer

A nightclub has been closed after a sample of the Muslim call to prayer was played at Orbit Festival, Tunisia
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A nightclub has been shut down after a DJ played a remix of the Muslim call to prayer, officials say.

Video shared on Sunday shows clubbers at the Orbit Festival in Tunisia dancing to music that included the call to prayer – the religious act that Muslims perform five times a day.

Two European DJs – including British-born Dax J – played on Friday night as part of the music festival in Nabeul.

The footage has sparked outrage on social media sites and an investigation has been launched.

The governor of Nabeul, Mnaouar Ouertani, said that the club would "remain closed" until further notice.

He said: "After confirming the facts, we decided to close this nightclub", adding that the club's manager had been detained "for violation against good morals and public outrage against modesty".

"We will not allow attacks against religious feelings and the sacred," Mr Ouertani said.

The organisers of the Orbit Festival apologised in a post on the event's Facebook page on Monday, but said they did not accept responsibility for the music.

They said that “Dax J is English and played the track recently in Europe” and did not realise “it might offend an audience from a Muslim country like ours."

Dax J also issued an apology.

He said: "I want to offer my sincere apologies to anyone who may have been offended by music that I played at Orbit Festival in Tunisia on Friday.

"It was never my intention to upset or cause offence to anybody.”

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