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Victimising women: How the right wing attacks Muslim women

Muslim women in India are no more a homogenous monolith than Muslim men, and there are divisions among them along the lines of caste, class and region as there are variations among Hindu women. ‘Sulli Deals’ outrage In July 2021, an open source app called ‘Sulli Deals’ on the GitHub web platform, intending to teach these young Muslim women a …

Harassment of Muslim women in India through social media apps such as “Sulli Deals” must be condemned and prosecuted as soon as they occur, a UN Special Rapporteur has said. UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes took to Twitter to raise concern on the issue of minorities in India, saying “Muslim women in India are harassed and …

United Nations/Geneva: Harassment of Muslim women in India through social media apps such as "Sulli Deals" must be condemned and prosecuted as soon as they occur, a UN Special Rapporteur has said. UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr Fernand de Varennes took to Twitter to raise concern on the issue of minorities in India, saying Â“Muslim women in India …

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested a man believed to be the creator of "Sulli Deals" app from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner of Police KPS Malhotra said during preliminary interrogation, the accused admitted that he was a member of a group on Twitter and the idea to defame and troll Muslim women was …

Bulli Bai app conspiracy to persecute minority, promote violence against Muslim women: IWPC

Indian police arrest two over ‘Bulli Bai’ website which put Muslim women ‘on sale’

Bulli Bai: India’s Muslim women again listed on app for ‘auction’

The app, now taken down, displayed more than 100 women ‘for sale as maids’, with victims saying they have little hope of action by police. After last July’s “Sulli Deals“, in which nearly 80 Muslim women were put up “for sale”, “Bulli Bai” was the second such attempt in less than a year. Ara filed a complaint on Saturday with …

Sulli Deals: How dozens of Muslim women in India found themselves getting ‘auctioned’ online

Nabiya Khan, 25, was scrolling through her Instagram on a typical Monday night when she first came across a post about a website “auctioning” Muslim women online in India. “It said it was a ‘community driven open source project’ and we were basically getting auctioned off, by men.” At no point did the Sulli Deals website actually allow money to …

Sulli Deals: Indian Muslim women offered for sale in ‘auction’

Photographs of more than 80 Muslim women put up for sale on an app are triggering outrage and calls for action. The creators of the platform offered visitors a chance to claim a “Sulli” – a derogatory term used by right-wing Hindu trolls for Muslim women – calling them “deals of the day”. “GitHub has longstanding policies against content and …

The Cyber Cell under Delhi Police has registered a first information report against unidentified individuals for uploading photos of Muslim women on an app. "Acting on a complaint received on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal regarding 'Sulli Deals' mobile application, a case under section 354-A of the Indian Penal Code has been registered on Wednesday and investigation taken up," said …

The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against unknown people for creating an app named 'Sulli Deals' on popular open-source platform GitHub. The app creators would illegally collect photos of Muslim women from their social media accounts, use them inappropriately on the app and encourage people to participate in their "auction". "Acting on a complaint received on National Cybercrime Reporting …