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Riyadh: A play criticising hardliners in Saudi Arabia descended into a brawl when angry Islamists stormed onto the stage, Saudi newspapers and websites reported on Tuesday.
As the play Wasati Bila Wasatiya (A Moderate without Moderation) began, a group of men surged forward to stop the performance at a cultural festival in the Yamama College in Riyadh on Monday, Al Hayat newspaper and website Elaph said.
Police fired shots into the air to break up violence which ensued, as the Islamists, students and actors threw chairs and attacked each other with sticks.
Al Hayat published some pictures of the clashes.
Elaph said 17 men were arrested. An Interior Ministry spokesman was not available for comment.
There are no public theatre houses or cinemas in Saudi Arabia.
Islamist hardliners believe that liberals are gaining the upper hand in Saudi Arabia.
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