Topic: Muslim Women
Making a deal: Sexualization and dehumanization of Muslim women
(Warning: Abusive texts are quoted in this article. It might be triggering for some readers.)
The spectacle of the auctioning of Muslim women online...
Roots of Islamophobic sexualization of Muslim women and men
It would be naïve to view the Sulli Deals or similar objectification of the “Other” women merely from a gender lens. A historical analysis that puts into perspective the sexualisation of racism will help us to interconnect multiple different incidents like claims of love jihad, population jihad, hyper-masculine jingoism, metaphorising of women as the nation, sexualisation of both Muslim women and men that currently seem to be distinct and unrelated.
“I have been targeted because of my work, my gender and my religion”
On Thursday, Delhi based poet and Muslim woman activist Nabiya Khan has shared a brief but strong statement on action against "Sulli deals." Photographs of more than 80 other Muslim women, including students, activists and journalists, had been uploaded by an unidentified Hindutva group on an application “Sulli Deals” using GitHub on 4 July with the sole purpose to auction off the Muslim women. Nabiya Khan's profile was also up for virtual auction on “Sulli deals”. After days of outrage largely by Muslim women online against this hate crime, the Delhi Police registered a police complaint following the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and the National Commission for Women called for an investigation into the matter. Read Nabiya Khan's statement here:
Women Commission issues notice to Delhi Police, seeks report over web app targeting Muslim women
The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to Delhi Police and sought a detailed action taken report in a matter where photos...
Outrage after abusive tweets by rightwing accounts target Muslim women
Men running right-wing social media accounts are being called out for making obscene remarks against prominent Muslim women on social media on the eve of Eid. The abusive campaign involved outrageous acts including ‘rating’, objectifying and making sexually abusive comments on the photos of Pakistani women, even going to the extent of ‘auctioning'.
How a Muslim woman is helping arrange cremations for COVID-19 patients in Lucknow
Azra Mobin has been through a whirlwind of emotions in the past few weeks. The 35-year old social worker in Lucknow, while fasting during Ramadan, has arranged the cremation of around 7-8 COVID-19 patients who had no one to cremate them.
