The news of Mohammed Akhlaq’s lynching took the whole world by a storm after it was emerged that he was killed based on a mere rumour of storing and consuming beef.
A lot of radical responses were generated not only from our countries’ politicians but also from terror organizations across the globe.
Abu Thahir Abdulrahman, an Al Qaeda militant believed to be from Kerala posted the following in his Facebook account: “In the name of eating beef your Muslim brother has been killed. What about you ? You enjoyed reading in the newspaper !...''
On October 1, a Twitter account allegedly run by Fahad Sheikh, who is one of the four youths from Kalyan who joined ISIS posted vowed revenge saying “We love you all, even if you hates us. Soon IS will take the revenge of Gujarat, Kashmir, Muzaffarnagar.'' In the following tweets he made reference to the Dadri lynching with #Revengesoon.
Fahad’s account was suspended after his tweets with resurfaced.