Police in Tunisia have fired tear gas at hundreds of Islamists demonstrating in the capital, Tunis, reports say.
One of the protests took place outside a private TV station which has angered Islamists by screening an animated film which critics accuse of blasphemy for including an image of God.
It was the second rally outside the Nessma TV station in a week after it broadcast "Persepolis", which deals with Iran's 1979 revolution.
Tunisia goes to the polls next week.
The elections, for a constitutional assembly, will be held on 23 October.
These will be the first polls in Tunisia since long-time President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in an uprising in January.
Correspondents say that with the autocratic government of Ben Ali gone, more conservative Muslims are making themselves heard.
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