A nightclub has been shut down by Tunisian authorities after footage emerged online of DJ Dax J playing a dance remix of the Muslim call to prayer. FOLLOW USTwitterFacebookLinkedInInstagramThe video, which has gone viral on social media, shows revelers in a club in the northeastern Tunisian town of Nabeul dancing to music that includes the Muslim call to prayer. The video immediately sparked online outrage and the authorities responded by shutting it down. The Muslim call to prayer serves as a reminder to observe the religious act of prayer that Muslims perform five times a day. Tunisia is a secular state, but like most countries in North Africa, the population is overwhelmingly Muslim and deeply conservative.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 06, 2017 17:03 UTC