Hamas-linked CAIR is enraged over the pedophilia-encouraging Netflix film “Cuties” because “the movie also demeans the Islamic religion. Specifically, the group says the film depicts the [Muslim] girl’s father as a polygamist, her mother as oppressed, and features a scene in which her family conducts an exorcism, leading the young girl to gyrate and ‘twerk’ while wearing revealing clothing, all as an Arabic recitation plays in the background.”
It’s also upset about the film’s “disturbing sexualization” of young children. On that, CAIR and I agree at last: the film is a disgusting illustration of how degenerate American popular culture has become.
Some of CAIR’s other objections, however, are odd. The group is upset because the film depicts the Muslim girl’s father as a polygamist? But Islam allows for polygamy: the Qur’an says that a man can have up to four wives (4:24). And CAIR is angry because the Muslim girl’s mother is oppressed? But the Qur’an says that a man can beat a woman from whom he fears disobedience (4:34), and that a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man (2:282), and that a woman should inherit less than her brothers do (4:11), and that a man can marry and divorce even a prepubescent girl (65:4), and much more — and yet CAIR would have us believe that Muslim women aren’t oppressed.
What CAIR is enraged about is that people who watch this show will find out about these aspects of Islam that they work so hard to conceal. But Nihad Awad and co. needn’t worry: the audience for this film will be preoccupied with other matters.
“American Muslim Group Calls on Netflix to Remove ‘Cuties’ Movie, Citing Offensive Depictions of Islam,” by Erik Gruenwedel, Media Play News, September 15, 2020 (thanks to Henry):
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, Sept. 15 called on Netflix to remove the French film Cuties from its platform due to what it claims is the “disturbing sexualization” of children as well as its offensive and stereotypical depiction of Islam and Muslims.
The movie, about an 11-year-old girl from Senegal who joins a dance troupe to escape an overbearing mother, has generated a firestorm of controversy for Netflix regarding the film’s initial marketing and content that critics say overtly sexualizes underage girls.
CAIR now says the movie also demeans the Islamic religion. Specifically, the group says the film depicts the girl’s father as a polygamist, her mother as oppressed, and features a scene in which her family conducts an exorcism, leading the young girl to gyrate and “twerk” while wearing revealing clothing, all as an Arabic recitation plays in the background.
“We join other Americans in calling on Netflix to remove this disturbing film from its platform,” Nihad Awad, national executive director of CAIR, said in a statement. “Although the filmmakers behind Cuties have argued that the film is meant to criticize the hyper-sexualization of children, a film cannot criticize the abuse of children while abusing children.”
The group says the film makes matters worse with its depictions of Islam and Muslims that range from the stereotypical to the offensive, including a scene in which a barely-clothed Muslim preteen gyrates during a forced exorcism.
“None of this should be acceptable in American society, especially the sexual objectification of children,” Awad said. “Netflix should immediately remove the film and apologize to the public.”
Netflix and filmmaker Maimouna Doucouré, who claims she has received death threats, say the film is a critical look on pressure society puts on young girls to act sexual….