In many places that are mostly Christian, it's still common to make references to ideas in Greco-Roman mythology, or that anyone thinks they actually happened but the meaning of the legend such as Narcissus or Siphysis.
Islam is very particular on monotheism to an even greater extent than Christianity is and it's weird to many Muslims why Christianity is seen to be monotheistic anyway given the trinitarian views most Christians hold. I don't imagine that having openly polytheistic fables would be held in higher regard than Christians tend to view them.
Of course, those Greco-Roman religions were the direct predecessors of the beliefs of most Christian's during the time Christiniaty solidified as a religion during the Roman Empire, and so a desire to make reference to cultural traditions and fables would be easy to desire, whereas Islam didn't have to convince Christians, Mazdakites, and Zoroastrians in the Roman and Sassanid empires that monotheism was a real thing and the big trouble was convincing the Arabs that monotheism was legitimate.
Movies like Disney's Hercules (Heracles) or King Midas are popular, even though virtually no viewer believes in it. Is it at all common or possible for such fables to still be used in primarily Muslim communities designing their own education and directing their own films?
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