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Part of Isil – in the House of Commons at 4:20 pm on 23 February 2015.

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Photo of Rehman Chishti Rehman Chishti Conservative, Gillingham and Rainham 4:20, 23 February 2015

On tackling international terrorism, calling this evil organisation ISIL or Islamic State—no such state exists— only gives it legitimacy by linking it to Islam. Why not call it what Prince Turki al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia calls it, namely Faesh, meaning an obscene organisation committing obscenities?