I haven’t seen the film Hidalgo, so I don’t know if the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is correct that it “may contain scenes and dialogue that would serve to stereotype Muslims and Arabs and create a negative impression of Islam in the minds of moviegoers.” Judging from my own interactions with CAIR’s Ibrahim Hooper, as well as the lingering unanswered questions about CAIR’s ties to Islamic extremism, however, I would tend to give the film the benefit of the doubt.
Twostellas, who sent me this Arab News piece about CAIR’s tangle with Disney, had the best comment of all on this matter: “CAIR better be careful, they are now messing with an organization more ruthless than their own.”