India: Photos of Muslim Women Up For Auction Again

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In India, photos of Muslim Women were uploaded in an app โ€˜Bulli Baiโ€™ on the open software development site GitHub for auction.

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The app appeared to be similar to another one called "Sulli Deals" which sparked outrage about six months ago by offering users "Sulli"-a derogatory name used by right-wing social media trolls for Muslim women.
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In July, an app and website called "Sulli Deals" created profiles of more than 80 Muslim women โ€“ using photos they uploaded online โ€“ and described them as "deals of the day".
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In both cases, there was no real sale of any kind โ€“ the purpose is to degrade and humiliate Muslim women by sharing their images.
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Sulli is a derogatory Hindi slang term right-wing Hindu trolls use for Muslim women, and "bull" is also pejorative.
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Police in Mumbai and Delhi as registered cases after an app shared photos of more than 100 Muslim women saying they were on "sale".
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The accused include developers of the app and Twitter handles that shared the images and content.
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