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A Washington Post obituary referring to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an 'austere religious scholar' after the ISIS mastermind was killed in a US military strike has sparked a deluge of death tribute parodies on Twitter.

The newspaper came under fire on Sunday after it changed the headline on al-Baghdadi's obituary two times - first calling him 'terrorist-in-chief', followed by 'austere religious leader at the helm of ISIS' and finally 'extremist leader'.

Twitter users seized on the second iteration, accusing The Post of painting al-Baghdadi in an inappropriately positive light given the brutality he championed while leading the terrorist organization.

The odd description inspired critics to write their own parody headlines about the deaths of other notorious figures including al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, cannibal killer Jeffrey Dahmer and Harry Potter villain Voldemort under the hashtag #WaPoDeathNotices.

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'Osama bin Laden, father of 23, killed in home invasion,' comedian Joe DeVito tweeted, referencing the al Qaeda head who was killed in a 2011 Navy SEAL raid similar to the al-Baghdadi one on Saturday.

'Jeffrey Dahmer, connoisseur of exotic and locally sourced meats, dies at 34,' Donald Trump Jr tweeted about the infamous cannibal.

Blaze TV journalist Lauren Chen called Nazi leader Adolf Hitler a 'dedicated art enthusiast, animal rights activist and talented orator'.

Right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro also joined in on the mockery, writing: 'Voldemort, austere wizard who overcame a severe facial deformity to achieve dark lordship, dead at 71.'

'Ted Bundy, Noted Ladies' Man and Women's Rights Activist, Found Dead in Chair,' one person wrote of the serial killer who confessed to the rape and murder of at least 30 women before he was executed in the electric chair.

'Jeffrey Epstein, financier, philanthropist, and friend to royalty, dies in austere, one room apartment,' a user tweeted about the convicted child rapist who died by suicide in a Manhattan prison cell in August.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...ous-scholar.htm

There are a number of other parody headlines at the link.

Humor aside, it is quite sad to consider a major American newspaper gives a sadistic and murderous terrorists better treatment than it does the President of the United States.