&lt;div class=&quot;track&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.22.2/12785?ns=guardian&amp;pageName=Islamist+protesters+attack+Tunisian+TV+station+over+animated+film+Persep%3AArticle%3A1645521&amp;ch=Film&amp;c3=GU.co.uk&amp;c4=Animation+%28Film+genre%29%2CFilm%2CMarjane+Satrapi+%28author%29%2CCulture%2CTunisia+%28News%29%2CIslam+%28News%29%2CIranian+revolution+%28News%29&amp;c5=Unclassified%2CNot+commercially+useful%2CFilm+Reviews&amp;c6=Ben+Child&amp;c7=11-Oct-14&amp;c8=1645521&amp;c9=Article&amp;c10=News&amp;c11=Film&amp;c13=&amp;c25=&amp;c30=content&amp;h2=GU%2FFilm%2FAnimation&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;standfirst&quot;&gt;Islamists try to set fire to TV station that broadcast Marjane Satrapi&#039;s Oscar-nominated story about a girl growing up during the Iranian revolution&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Islamist protesters in Tunisia have been arrested &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15233442&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;after trying to set fire to a TV station which screened the award-winning animated film Persepolis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Based on writer and co-director Marjane Satrapi&#039;s autobiographical graphic novel, the Oscar-nominated animated tale follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian revolution. Protesters said the film denigrated Islam and were particularly outraged by a scene in which God appears before Satrapi to teach her about forgiveness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Police arrested around 50 Islamists before they could reach the offices of the Nessma private television channel, which broadcast Persepolis on Friday. &quot;Three hundred people attacked our offices and tried to set fire to them,&quot; Nessma chairman Nebil Karoui told AFP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Conservative Muslims have become increasingly vocal in Tunisia since the fall of long-time president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali following an uprising in January. However, the main Islamic party condemned the demonstration. Ennahda, which is expected to do well in elections for a constitutional assembly in a fortnight&#039;s time, described the incident as &quot;isolated&quot; and said it should not spark concern.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere in the capital city of Tunis, hundreds of riot police used tear gas against Islamist protesters demanding the lifting of a ban on women wearing the niqab at university. They gathered outside the city&#039;s main university campus before heading to a neighbourhood named Jebel el-Ahmar, north of the city centre, where clashes broke out. Protesters attacked police with stones, knives and batons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;related&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/animation&quot;&gt;Animation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/marjane-satrapi&quot;&gt;Marjane Satrapi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/tunisia&quot;&gt;Tunisia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/islam&quot;&gt;Islam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/iranian-revolution&quot;&gt;The Iranian revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;author&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/benchild&quot;&gt;Ben Child&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;terms&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk&quot;&gt;guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; &amp;copy; 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our &lt;a href=&quot;http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html&quot;&gt;Terms &amp; Conditions&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds&quot;&gt;More Feeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;clear:both&quot; /&gt;