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The now-deleted profile of Shaikh claimed that he was a \u201ccorrespondent at <em>Al Jazeera<\/em>, previously worked at <em>The Wire<\/em>. Inspired by Rana Ayyub.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60481 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar1.png 494w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar1-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar1-74x55.png 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar1-111x83.png 111w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar1-215x161.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above tweet was posted on February 26, but it was hardly given any attention until March 6 when it was widely shared by several users tagging <em>Al Jazeera<\/em>. One of the first to do so was @desimojito.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlJazeera?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlJazeera<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well done, you hire right people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xX8HVE45PA\">pic.twitter.com\/xX8HVE45PA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kudrati mojito (@desimojito) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/desimojito\/status\/1235850983617351682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The screenshots shared by @desimojito were also shared by Pakistani Canadian author, Tarek Fatah and Australian, Mohammed Tawhidi, who calls himself Imam of Peace.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Al-Jazeera\u2019s correspondent in Cardiff, Wales, calls for the butchering of Hindus and massacre of all those who insult (his version of) Islam. He has deactivated his account after we exposed him.<\/p>\n<p>This is the type of filth that has infested the UK. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SwHojt1GZU\">pic.twitter.com\/SwHojt1GZU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Imam of Peace (@Imamofpeace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Imamofpeace\/status\/1235916035095576576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;Massacre those who insult <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Islam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Islam<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dilawarshaikh_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DilawarShaikh_<\/a> &#8220;correspondent of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlJazeera?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlJazeera<\/a>&#8221; in Cardiff, Wales and is &#8220;inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RanaAyyub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RanaAyyub<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shaikh wants to &#8220;start butchering <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hindus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hindus<\/a>,&#8221; bcoz &#8220;only then they [Hindus] will learn a lesson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His account has been deactivated <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eaz2S5A0h0\">pic.twitter.com\/eaz2S5A0h0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tarek Fatah (@TarekFatah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TarekFatah\/status\/1236069169868795905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Right-wing portal <em>OpIndia<\/em> also made the same claim before deleting their <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.opindia.com\/national\/the-wire-al-jazeera-rana-ayyub-fan-dilwar-sheikh-tweet-hindus-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a> without any clarification.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60522\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Selection_07_03_2020_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Selection_07_03_2020_011.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Selection_07_03_2020_011-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/Selection_07_03_2020_011-74x55.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Smita Prakash, the editor of <em>ANI<\/em> also inquired if the person is employed with <em>Al Jazeera<\/em> in response to a tweet by Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is worse. Is he really a journalist working for Al Jazeera? Also what are Twitter rules here? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UImuVbHhmY\">https:\/\/t.co\/UImuVbHhmY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smitaprakash\/status\/1235826138523430913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>No affiliation to <em>Al Jazeera, The Wire<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>The claim made by Shaikh that he worked with <em>Al Jazeera <\/em>and <em>The Wire<\/em> is false. In response to several Twitter users tagging<em>\u00a0Al Jazeera<\/em> with the tweets of Shaikh, the channel issued a clarification stating, \u201cThis is a spurious account and has no relation or affiliation to Al Jazeera. The Network doesn&#8217;t have any journalist by the name of Dilawar Shaikh.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Al Jazeera condemns vicious attempts to defame the Network as propagating anti-Indian and anti-Hindu sentiments. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UgUBuRtFEP\">https:\/\/t.co\/UgUBuRtFEP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Al Jazeera PR (@AlJazeera) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlJazeera\/status\/1236016879640227841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Founder-Editor of <em>The Wire<\/em>, Siddharth Varadarajan also clarified that \u201cno one of this name has ever worked at <em>The Wire<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No one of this name has ever worked at The Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Siddharth (@svaradarajan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/svaradarajan\/status\/1235893753413427201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Reference to <em>Al Jazeera, The Wire<\/em> added later<\/h4>\n<p>It is interesting to note that while the profile was created in September 2013, it had only 57 followers and had no tweets before Feb 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The account is now deactivated but Alt News was able to access the archive a past link.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Nq9gl\">archive showed<\/a> the snapshot of the page as it appeared on 26 Feb 2020 17:02:13 GMT. Interestingly there is no mention of either<em> The Wire<\/em> or <em>Al Jazeera<\/em> in the profile. This points out that the profile was altered and a reference to <em>The Wire, Al Jazeera<\/em> and Rana Ayyub was added sometime between February 26 and March 6. In other words, after the provocative tweet was made, and before it was amplified by @desimojito.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60482 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"969\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar2.png 969w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar2-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar2-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Right-wing affiliation<\/h4>\n<p>A quick glance through the tweets and retweets of Dilawar Shaikh reveals patterns consistent with right-wing Hindutva nationalist profiles. From retweeting anti-Muslim posts to abusing Rana Ayyub, you can find it all on the timeline.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-60486 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilwar0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilwar0.png 703w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilwar0-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-60483 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar3.png 705w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar3-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-60484 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar4.png 797w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar4-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar4-768x184.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-60485 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar5.png 706w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/03\/dilawar5-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News has not been able to establish who was behind the profile. However, it is clear that the bio section of the Twitter profile was altered with a malicious motive, and provocative tweets were posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Twitter users have shared screenshots of a provocative tweet posted by a Twitter handle &#8216;Dilawar Shaikh (@DilawarShaikh_)&#8217;. In the tweet Shaikh can be seen calling for \u201cbutchering\u201d of Hindus to \u201cteach them a lesson\u201d. The now-deleted profile of Shaikh claimed that he was a \u201ccorrespondent at Al Jazeera, previously worked at The Wire. 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