
Rehman Chishti: How mainstream Islamic teaching can help to hold the Taliban to account
The Government can help to ensure that one of the faith’s leading authorities publicly stresses the rights of religious minorities and women.
Rehman Chishti is Member of Parliament for Gillingham and Rainham.
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The issue deeply affects hundreds of thousands of people a year, across every constituency, every local authority, every city and town.
Medway, the unitary authority for my constituency of Gillingham and Rainham, is in the top 22 per cent of the most deprived areas for education in England.
We see from Daesh attacks in Tunisia and the migrant crisis how important the country is to the UK. We musn’t give up trying to find a settlement.
Every year, thousands of civilian aircraft are attacked and dozens of children suffer permanent eye damage.
The Strathclyde proposals are welcome and further change should be gradualist.
The stability of Syria, and any hope for wider peace in the region, depend upon the removal of this dictator.
The so-called ‘Islamic State’ is neither of those things. It is time to adopt a title that better describes them, and their victims and neighbours offer some suggestions.
How can we work with a country that for far too long has provided funding, training and weapons and a safe haven for militant groups in the region?
Pakistan’s Prime Minister is visiting London – David Cameron should urge him to reform these outdated laws.
The consequences of last summer’s vote are lost exports, a weakened reputation – and opportunities for France at our expense.