Beirut - Arabstoday
Lebanese officials have closed a movie theater in North Lebanon in the city of Tripoli for screening pornographic films and films that promote inappropriate behavior. Police officer Bassam Al Ayoubi ordered the closure of the Al Hamra Theater, and said that further investigation is underway and the owner and those in the films screened will be prosecuted.According to the internet website MBC.net, the police had received reports that Al Hamra Theater was screening porn films, promoting homosexuality and illegal drug use. Journalist Joe Marouf devoted an episode to discuss the theater on his show “Inta Hur”(You are Free), aired on a Lebanese satellite channel.Immediate action must be taken to close the theater that is promoting indecent acts that are unaccepted on all levels, said Marouf.An undercover team from the program went on a special mission to the theater and reported what was going on inside that shocked the audience.