A techno music video shoot held at a Palestinian religious and touristic site has landed a 29-year-old female DJ in a Palestinian jail and is threatening to have the minister of tourism and Islamic affairs fired.

The event took place Dec. 26 — the day after Christmas — and, when selected videos of the event were circulated on social media, some users claimed the organizers were Christians defiling a Muslim holy site. The event took place near the Nabi Musa mosque.

 It later became clear that the event was licensed by the Palestinian minister of tourism and was intended for a video shoot in Palestine to be featured in an international music event for Beatport that was livestreamed on Twitch.tv, a music and gaming site for young people. The location is between Jericho and Jerusalem, and became popular as a location for cultural events in the 20th century. A mosque in the compound had been erected to give travelers an opportunity to pray on their way between the two locations.

Sama’ Abdulhadi, the event producer from Nablus who had organized and led the concert with members of her family and friends, was arrested by the Palestinian police in Jericho as social media was buzzing with attacks against the event and those who permitted it. Members of the Abdulhadi family issued a statement saying the DJ had received a permit from the Ministry of Tourism and that the event was held in a section away from the mosque in an open area with no more than 30 people in attendance. Her family vehemently denied that the concert was a "devil worshiping" event as some had stated on social media. Palestinian activists are calling for the resignation of the ministers of tourism and Islamic affairs.