Activists say that the attacks against India’s Muslims (which are India’s second-largest religious group, with a population of 172 million) have ratcheted up over the last year — particularly, against Muslim women. via WMC WomenUndrSiege
One of the women featured on the “Bulli Bai” app was Khalida Parveen, 67, who runs the feminist organization Amoomat Society in Hyderabad. Parveen has spoken publicly about rising fascism in the country, which put her squarely on the radar of right-wing trolls on Twitter.
Rather than placing the blame on the app’s creators, Parveen pointed to the political climate that enabled them to make it. “With this government, the hate factory towards Muslims has taken an ugly turn.” The report also accused the government of targeting individuals “documenting or sharing information about violence against Muslims, Christians, and other religious minorities.”
“Toxic masculinity plays a major role here,” said Fatima Juned, an analyst at a political think tank in Delhi. “In a deeply patriarchal and polarized society, the woman is perceived as a belonging. Muslim women thus become the key to the expansion of the ideology of a political party that depends on the vilification of the Muslim men for its legitimization.
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