A trial in Tunisia over the broadcasting of the animated Iranian film Persepolis has been cut short after an uproar in the courtroom. Lawyers for the two sides exchanged insults inside the courtroom on Thursday, prompting the judge to adjourn the trial to January 23.
Controversy surrounding the film illustrates how Tunisia, the country that started the wave of uprisings that have swept through the Arab world, is struggling to work out the role of Islam in society after years of enforced secularism. [The Sydney Morning Herald] Read more
