The ConservativeHome writer and Conservative Muslim Forum Chairman makes the case for the Government’s new security proposals.
There are no slick solutions when it comes to meeting the challenge of ISIS. But here’s what can and should be done.
She has pared the Home Office back to dealing what she regards as essentials: security policy, border control, policy formation.
Politically repressive, religiously moderate, pro-capitalist in thinking and ex-communist in feel, the country is bound up with British jobs, interests and prosperity.
Ofsted recently scolded a CofE primary school in Bolton for failing to celebrate “religious and cultural diversity” – even though it already celebrates Eid and Diwali.
British MPs voting for the recognition of Palestine would not transform ISIS into liberal consumers of Love your Garden or Strictly Come Dancing.
Some the darkest deeds in modern history were justified and committed by those convinced of the rational, practical and downright progressive nature of their cause.
The murder of this selfless aid worker showed ISIS hold even other Muslims in contempt – hopefully fewer people will be tempted to travel from Britain to join them.
Both gave impressive performances.
Three years on, with the country’s Parliament now taking refuge in a Greek car ferry, it is clear that the venture has been a disaster.
“We need to remind people that what began with a campaign against Jewish goods in the past ended with a campaign against Jewish lives.”
Though only a small minority still back sending in ground troops.
The infrastructural and humanitarian crisis facing these dispossessed families is immense: in short, they have lost everything that constituted their lives.
Ancient religions and practices survived in the Middle East partly because of a streak of tolerance in Islam.