Rupert Murdoch has used Twitter to call on Muslims to take responsiblity for radical jihadists.

The media mogul raised ire on Saturday with the tweet, adding his voice to the global discussion on terrorism that has dominated social media since the Charlie Hebdo shooting attack earlier this week.

News Corp's newspapers reported a 6 per cent slump in revenue. Credit:Reuters

The statement was retweeted over 1300 times and favourited nearly 700 times, however Twitter users across the globe also took to the social media platform to criticise the comment.