The court ordered Nabil Karoui to pay a 2,400-dinar fine because his Nessma TV station aired an animated film, Persepolis in October, after convicting him of disrupting public order and violating moral values.
A human depiction of God in the film, which is forbidden in Islam, led to rallies and violence in the streets of the capital Tunis.
The protesters are unhappy with the ruling of the court and say that fining the owner of the channel is not enough for someone who has affronted Islamic values. The charges carried a possible sentence of up to three years in prison.
“The principle of condemnation is very important so that people know there is a limit, but there is no real punishment or sentence to deter those who don’t respect God,” one of the protesters told the Press TV correspondent.
Tunisia, is now led by the Islamic Ennahda party that won the most seats in October elections, the first polls after the revolution that ousted former dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
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