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CAIR demands Netflix remove pedophilia-glorifying show ‘Cuties,’ says it portrays Islam negatively

Sep 17, 2020 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer 38 Comments

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….

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  1. nicu says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    It shows the TRUTH and they don’t like it !

    Reply
    • Mike says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 7:24 pm

      and that’s the facts jack

      Reply
      • Trivial Note says

        Sep 17, 2020 at 9:20 pm

        Filmmaker’s name is “Maimouna” — that’s the name of one of Muhammad’s wives. If the filmmaker is from a Muslim background, it’s probably spot-on in depicting life growing up Senegalese-French.

        Reply
    • Rob says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 10:34 pm

      Meghan and Harry will clean up this cesspit.

      Reply
      • Rufolino says

        Sep 18, 2020 at 9:54 am

        “Oh, come on, man !”

        Reply
    • Mount Zion says

      Sep 19, 2020 at 12:32 pm

      It shows also another truth that if Islam doesn’t like something and you are not willing to accomodate them then you will be getting death threats as did Maimouna . Does any other religion behave like that ? It’s always and only them who feel they have the right to intimidate threathen and demand . It’s my way or die , how beatiful and wonderful and peaceful this religion is .

      Reply
  2. gravenimage says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 3:14 pm

    CAIR demands Netflix remove pedophilia-glorifying show ‘Cuties,’ says it portrays Islam negatively
    ……………..

    Yeah–because Muslims never engage in polygamy or oppress women…sarc/off

    Reply
    • Tim Heydon says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 3:37 pm

      How can one put Islam in a positive light? Not easy, OK it gives Muslims meaning and a spiritual life. But they could have that and far, far more with Christianity.

      Reply
    • Check Burry says

      Sep 18, 2020 at 7:11 am

      Exactly, and there are no muslim grooming gangs subjugating white teens, mostly female, but who knows.

      Reply
  3. MR Ransom says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 3:16 pm

    American popular culture? The film is French

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 3:45 pm

      True–but Netflix is American, and CAIR uses the US as a base.

      Reply
  4. ElderlyZionist says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    “Some of CAIR’s other objections, however, are odd.”

    Indeed. Mohammed, the Seal of Prophecy and the Perfect Man, was a pedophile. To reject pedophilia is fitna!

    Reply
  5. SB says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 3:25 pm

    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. Two years older than Mo’s 6 year old bride legally raped at age nine? (I know it’s an oxymoron.)

    Reply
  6. curious george says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 3:32 pm

    A little closer to home.

    Instead of Raising Penalties for All Child Predators, CA Gov Newsom Softens Penalties for Gay Pedophiles in Name of ‘Equity’

    Reply
    • curious george says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 3:33 pm

      oppps,

      https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/victoria-taft/2020/09/12/ca-governor-gavin-newsom-signs-sick-equality-bill-that-treats-gay-pedophiles-the-same-as-straight-pedophiles-n923066

      Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 3:50 pm

      Allowing up to a ten year age gap is a bad idea whether the sex in question is heterosexual or homosexual. Just look at the difference between a 23-year-old and a 13-year-old.

      Reply
    • Jim says

      Sep 18, 2020 at 10:56 am

      There is no age limit to marry in California. Read somewhere that this is to protect underage girls that get pregnant.

      Reply
      • gravenimage says

        Sep 19, 2020 at 12:43 am

        I am not a fan of this, but the implication, which you have mead before, that this means that little girls are married off to pedophiles in California is not the case.

        But you do have a legitimate concern that Muslim pedophiles may be able to use this loophole.

        Reply
  7. Dave from San Antonio says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 3:35 pm

    It portrays islam truthfully. It needs to be taken off Netflix because it promote pedophilia…same as islam.

    Reply
  8. Wellington says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 3:37 pm

    Ah, this is all so rich. A disgusting movie sexualizing young girls is objected to by Muzzies because it ACCURATELY characterizes the Muslim family structure, which includes polygamy, the oppression of wives, and the marrying of young girls (not to mention non-Muslim females who can be raped per Suras 4, 23, 33 and 70—“what the right hand possesses” and all that rot).

    Can’t make this up. A Leftist film which is itself effectively kiddie porn ends up offending the one religion which is OK with all kinds of disgusting matters where females are concerned—including “sanctifying” the abysmal sexualization of female children by allowing them to be married to adult males, in effect kiddie porn “in action.”

    Leftism and Islam at loggerheads. Good. So fitting. Grimly humorous.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 3:53 pm

      Spot on, Wellington.

      Reply
      • Wellington says

        Sep 17, 2020 at 4:36 pm

        Thank you, gravenimage.

        Reply
        • Kepha says

          Sep 17, 2020 at 5:13 pm

          Best to both Wellington and gravenimage. You’ve said it wonderfully.

        • gravenimage says

          Sep 19, 2020 at 12:43 am

          Thanks, Kepha.

    • James Lincoln says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 7:26 pm

      Wellington says,

      “Leftism and Islam at loggerheads.”

      The cognitive dissonance that the Leftists are about to experience will actually cause their heads to explode…

      Reply
    • Eleanor says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 9:34 pm

      Well said, Wellington. Only need BLM to make an appearance on this one, and we would have the Trifecta at loggerheads. Waiting patiently.

      Reply
  9. Ray Jarman says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 5:11 pm

    I wonder if NETFLIX will remove the film since CAIR is screaming? The company has basically flipped the bird to everyone who has previously objected to this kind of sick program for the pedophilic scum. It is going to be interesting and I, too, concur with Mr. Spencer about the first time ever in being in agreement with the subset of the Muslim Brotherhood.

    Reply
    • Dan says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 6:23 pm

      NETFLIX might, because the odds are pretty good some Muslim will Hebdo them.

      Reply
  10. tim gallagher says

    Sep 17, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    Isn’t the disgusting Muhammad Islam’s idea of a perfect man, and allah’s chosen one. I don’t believe that Muhammad actually existed, but maybe he did. This perfect man, according to Islam,at 50 marries and has sex with 8 year old Aisha. So I would think that Muslim groups, CAIR or any other Muslim group, should be upfront and they should proclaim loudly that islam really believes that such disgusting behaviour as Muhammad’s is perfectly fine. So why are they complaining about this show? Polygamy is also just fine by barbaric Islamic standards, so why are they complaining? Why do they try to hide the clear beliefs of their vile creed. They should be quite happy to get the truth about islam out there and not try to hide it. Are Muslims actually ashamed (as they should be) of the disgusting behaviour their ideology condones? The show “demeans” Islam! It sounds like it simply shows the truth about Islam. Polygamy is part of Islam, the mother would be oppressed and very young girls are definitely sexualised in Islam, in imitation of that perfect man, Muhammad.

    Reply
    • James Lincoln says

      Sep 17, 2020 at 7:28 pm

      You’re making way too much sense, tim.

      I am also stuck in that same trap…

      Reply
      • tim gallagher says

        Sep 18, 2020 at 12:33 am

        Thanks, James. Yeah, I wonder if the Muslims do actually realise how disgusting and indefensible their wondrous prophet Muhammad’s behaviour is when he has sex with an 8 year old girl, and therefore they don’t want to proclaim loudly and clearly to everyone that they believe that sex with such young girls really is completely OK, because Muhammad did it and allah approved.. I think that it is plainly evident to anyone that it is morally wrong. Polygamy also is a ludicrous and barbaric idea. They seem to want to try to hide the very nasty content of their barbaric creed by shutting down programs like the one mentioned here. It makes me think that they do know how disgusting the behaviour Islam allows really is. The right thing for them to do is, of course, leave islam. If you are a member of an evil cult, you have to get up and leave it. You are right, you and I, and many others here at Jihad Watch, are in that trap of seeing through the sort of bullshit that many others don’t seem to be able to see through. If only everyone would wake up to Islam’s nasty nature.

        Reply
    • lucretia macevil says

      Sep 18, 2020 at 7:55 am

      Tim, they behave like cockroaches when a light is shone onto them, or like demons when holy water is thrown over them.

      Reply
      • tim gallagher says

        Sep 18, 2020 at 8:07 pm

        That’s a good way to put it, lucretia. I like both those images. They certainly do seem to try to hide the evil things that barbaric Islam approves of. As I said up above, I believe that almost every person knows that having sex with 8 year old girls is wrong. It seems to me to be one of those things which is self evident. Any Muslims that have a bit of decency in their character would leave islam because of this evil aspect of Islam alone.

        Reply
  11. Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says

    Sep 18, 2020 at 12:37 am

    Quran 2:282 says, in relevant part, “And bring to witness two witnesses from among your men. And if there are not two men [available], then a man and two women from those whom you accept as witnesses – so that if one of the women errs, then the other can remind her.”

    It does not follow from this that “a woman’s testimony is worth half that of a man”. And if a woman’s testimony *is* worth half a man’s testimony, than the consistent testimony of three women must always outweigh the contradictory testimony of one man. Is this really a principle of Islamic jurisprudence? Can someone please point to Islamic literature about how to interpret Quran 2:282 ?

    Reply
  12. lucretia macevil says

    Sep 18, 2020 at 7:53 am

    The Father IS a polygamist. The Mother IS oppressed (and deeply unhappy). I guess CAIR is looking for a propaganda whitewash, in which this muslim family is portrayed as endearingly kooky. Maybe CAIR would be mollified if there was an honor killing at the end.

    Reply
    • Reziac says

      Sep 18, 2020 at 9:55 am

      You’re right, it’s incomplete. I’m thinkin’ it needs a sequel, with both an honor killing of the Senegalese girl, and one of the white girls being married off to her father, and experiencing all the joy of being the junior wife and effectively everyone else’s slave.

      Seriously, the more people can be shocked by this film, the more will learn, if unconsciously, that Islam considers this all quite normal, even desirable. So horrid as it is, it can serve a useful purpose. What’s the old line about nothing being a total waste, but can always be a bad example?

      Reply
  13. OLD GUY says

    Sep 18, 2020 at 11:13 am

    The jury is out on the social value of this film. Not sure why anyone would want to watch this garbage other than a pedophile or Islamic man who wants a child bride/sex slave. Maybe this topic should be presented in a documentary showing the derogatory and painful results from exposing young girls to adult sexuality and adult predators.

    Reply
  14. FYI says

    Sep 18, 2020 at 3:10 pm

    Does SAHIH BUKHARI 5:58:236 ‘portray islam negatively,?

    It certainly portrays muhammed{pbuh,pederasty be the usual for him} negatively.

    Aisha got engaged to perfect mo when she was SIX.
    The relationship was consummated when Aisha was NINE.

    middle aged muhammed waited 3 years to deflower her:what a gentleman was muhammed.

    {muslims say’ ‘ oh but it was different in those days…girls matured earlier..in fact a 9 year old girl was 19..in fact in classical Arabic 9 is actually 19…etc’}

    A 6 year old girl playing with dolls cannot be engaged to an adult:she cannot consent.She’s a CHILD.
    A 9 year old girl is not an adult and cannot consent to be in a relationship with a middle aged man.
    A 9 year old girl is not a grown woman with child bearing capability!

    So it means that muhammed raped Aisha.

    muslims actually DEFEND muhammed’s pederasty.

    muhammed would probably love ‘cuties’

    BTW, in musnad ahmad 16245/Al Adab Al Mufrad 1183,we see muhammed liked to suck the tongue of his grandson Hasan

    {That is something pedos do:the late prolific pedophile Jimmy Saville used to go into hospitals and do exactly that to children}

    muslims: ‘but the prophet was thirsty that’s all….’

    Reply

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