T.V Station Attacked for Showing Animated Film "Persepolis"

By Alex Nunez

A scene from Persepolis

About 50 Islamists were arrested in Tunisia because they attempted to attack a telivision station. 300 people originally attacked the building and tried to burn it down. There were casualties but it has not been released how many. The reason that the television station was attacked was because it aired a French-Iranian animated film named "Persepolis" on it's network. The animated film is based on the autobiographical book by Marjane Satrapi. The film is considered blasphemous by some Islamists activists. Some scenes that really angered the activists were when the main character as a little girl is shown talking to god. It is also said by activists that the film insults Islam.

Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15233442