Tunis (Reuters) - A few hours before Lotfi Abdeli was due to stage his play "Made in Tunisia, 100 percent halal" last month, hundreds of Salafi Muslims who believed the show was offensive to Islam occupied the open air theatre and began to pray. The play, a satire about politics and religion, was cancelled. It was not the first time religious hardliners have stopped the plays of Abdeli, a Tunisian actor and playwright known for criticizing ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben-Ali before last year's revolution. …

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