Sulli deals: 56 MPs write to Amit Shah, seek action against App creators who put Muslim women on ‘online sale’
In the letter to Home Minister, Jawaid reiterated the events of July 4 and highlighted how uploading the photographs of Muslim women was a “disgusting display of misogyny”.
New Delhi: Dr Md Jawaid, a Bihar lawmaker from Kishanganj on Tuesday met Amit Shah and submitted a complaint signed by 56 MPs. The lawmaker demanded action against the accused and the guilty who created App for ‘online sale’ of Muslim girls.
In the letter to Home Minister, Jawaid reiterated the events of July 4 and highlighted how uploading the photographs of Muslim women was a “disgusting display of misogyny”.
Requested Hon’ble HM @AmitShah ji to initiate inquiry against the criminals involved behind #Sullideals App /Liberal Doge incidents and arrest the guilty ASAP. I am grateful to my fellow 56 MPs across party lines for signing this letter in support of Muslim women! pic.twitter.com/C2S7FyzOZP
— Dr Md
Jawaid (@DrMdJawaid1) July 27, 2021
Jawaid also lashed out at Liberal Doge, the YouTuber who had live-streamed auction of Muslim women online while male apparently bidded for them.
In Muslim religion, Sulli is considered a derogatory word and hence has a negative connotation.
Meanwhile, the probe initiated by Delhi and Noida police remain in limbo as GitHub – the US based internet company that the accused used to create the website is yet to respond to notices and requests.
Despite repeated FIR’s and national outrage, Git Hub decided to take down the “Sulli Deals” app, only 20 days after setting it up.
Under the Sulli Deals, photos of Muslim women were uploaded on the digital platform and people were invited to give them a certificate and also to harass them – as the text accompanying the photo read ‘Deal of the day’.
Sulli Deals & Controversy: How Muslim women were put ‘up for sale’
Sulli Deals, a mobile application was recently in the eye of storm over its despicable and outrageous content, portraying literate Muslim women in bad light.
The App, developed by unidentified miscreants, uploaded photos of Muslim women without their consent and used inappropriate remarks against them. Police lodged FIR against the app creators and site was taken down after the matter came to light and sparked anger.
The photos were uploaded on Sulli Deals without consent of women and were used on ‘GITHUB’ platform to auction their stolen photos.
Filed an FIR.
I’m resolute and firm in getting these cowards to pay for what they have done.
These repeat offences will not be taken sitting down.
Do your worse. I will do mine.
I am a non-political account targeted because of my religion and gender.#sullideals pic.twitter.com/mvt20VWPqp— Hana Mohsin Khan (@girlpilot_) July 7, 2021
Pakistani women ‘sold online’
As per reports, pictures of nearly 90 women belonging to the Muslim community including acclaimed journalists, activists, and artists were shared and put up ‘for auction’. Social media reports suggest that a majority of women profiled were Indian but some of them included Pakistani nationals also.
The pictures of women shared were allegedly sourced from their social media handles.
The app, which was uploaded on repository hosting service GitHub, was taken down by the platform after outrage on social media.
Somebody made an app of ‘Sulli Deals’ which has twitter handle of so many Muslim girls. You are one tap away from finding the girl as your deal.
That app has our pictures and our names.
The motto of the app says, ‘community driven, open source project’ pic.twitter.com/Rc2vyynRMy— K (@madeforbrettLEE) July 4, 2021
However, it is pertinent to mention here that there was real auction of any kind. It happened online only and it was their photos which were ‘sold online’. Many social media users termed it an ‘attempt to degrade & humiliate the targeted individuals.