AI sexual violence images of Muslim women are part of organised hate: Fraternity Movement

National General Secretary of the Fraternity Movement, Afreen Fatima, has condemned the circulation of AI-generated images depicting sexual violence against Muslim women, stating that they are not mere digital filth but calculated acts of hate meant to humiliate, dehumanise, and normalise real-world violence.

She argued that these images are part of a broader pattern of misogynistic and Islamophobic propaganda, citing previous incidents such as the Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai auctions, where Muslim women's pictures were misused to facilitate their dehumanisation.

Fatima contended that these acts are not isolated but are rooted in a systematic effort to strip Muslim women of agency, pointing to the glorification of convicted rapists in the Bilkis Bano case and the public support for calls to mass sexual violence. She asserted that these AI-generated images are not distortions of reality but an extension of an existing social order that justifies such violence.

Holding social media platforms directly responsible for enabling the spread of this propaganda, Fatima demanded urgent legal action against what she described as an organised assault on Muslim women.

She emphasised that the victims would neither be erased nor silenced, insisting that they would fight back to ensure global attention on the issue. Urging the judiciary to intervene, she underscored the necessity of immediate measures to counteract the dehumanisation and violence targeting Muslim women.