DJ beaten for playing Pet Shop Boys at Bedouin wedding in Israel



JERUSALEM (AFP) - A DJ hired to spin tunes at a Bedouin wedding in Israel was beaten up for playing Western music which some guests felt encouraged lewdness in the women, the Maariv daily reported on Monday.

The DJ initially put on Arabic tunes for the hundreds of guests attending the event in Aroer village in Israel's Negev desert region.

At one point, he decided to stir things up and put on a song by the British electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys, causing some women to "dance exuberantly to the foreign music," angering some of the men present, the daily said.

"The fact that women were dancing at the wedding goes against tradition and is a dishonour to their husbands," it quoted one guest as saying.

Several angry young men gave the DJ a "severe beating" after he refused to go back to playing Arabic music. Police later arrested two men in connection with the incident

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its pretty disrespectful of a dj who is hired to do one thing to go and play something that is against his employers wishes.
not that he deserved a beating but the guy seems like a bit of a douchepacker

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.So maybe I should enlighten you on what happens in your absence. This selfish existence where this introvert turns extrovert and dons their social armor. I became the perfect party apprentice, with a PHD in sitting on kitchen counters and drawing my cheeks in and shooting you looks that I don't even mean. Hips that grind to scratchy indie hits and shoes that stick to nightclub floors...

I don't like the pet shop boys much either.

what song was it?

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said thanks for the insults and compliments
you'll never forget my face no more

i hope it was 'go west'.

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