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Rabat – A group of Gulf countries has threatened legal action against Netflix, accusing the streaming service of broadcasting content that “contradicts” Islam.
Saudi media regulators as well as the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a joint communique condemning Netflix content that “contradicts Islamic and societal values” without directly naming the program in question.
The statement emphasized that Netflix was “contacted to remove this content, including content directed to children.”
The Saudi Arabia regulator along with GCC vowed to take legal action if the “infringing content” continues to be broadcasted.
Many news reports linked the statement to the animated show Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, showing two female characters kissing.
Al-Ekhbaria, a Saudi state-run news channel labelled the content as “homosexuality under a dramatic cover via Netflix” they extended this comment to all series and movies that have scenes with homosexual acts.
The Netflix content backlash followed a similar controversy after the release of Disney and Pixar’s animated movie Lightyear in June.
Many countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, and China have banned the film, which features a kiss in a scene between two lesbian characters.
A Moroccan petition also condemned the airing of the movie in Moroccan cinemas, and called for an immediate ban on the movie.
The petition described the animated movie as “promoting heinous affairs, stressing that such content seeks to ‘distort children’s cultural and religious grounding and undermine their morals.”
