About Martin
Independent Consultant and Expert Witness
(Christianity, Freedom of Religion or Belief and Global Persecution of Christians)
Martin is an academic expert on Christianity, freedom of religion or belief and radical Islam. He is also CEO of a recently established research centre on the global persecution of Christians
He is the author of two major books as well as having over 100 articles published particularly on historic British values and the challenge of radical Islam. He is a recognised expert on the human right to freedom of religion or belief and has been repeatedly quoted in the national and international press including the Sunday Times, Daily Mail and the Sunday Express. He also had practical experience of contexts of persecution having been an overseas aid worker in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has been elected a practising member of the Academy of Experts (MAE).
Independent Consultant and Expert Witness
(Christianity, Freedom of Religion or Belief and Global Persecution of Christians)
Martin is an academic expert on Christianity, freedom of religion or belief and radical Islam. He is also CEO of a recently established research centre on the global persecution of Christians
He is the author of two major books as well as having over 100 articles published particularly on historic British values and the challenge of radical Islam. He is a recognised expert on the human right to freedom of religion or belief and has been repeatedly quoted in the national and international press including the Sunday Times, Daily Mail and the Sunday Express. He also had practical experience of contexts of persecution having been an overseas aid worker in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. He has been elected a practising member of the Academy of Experts (MAE).
Martin was a main speaker at a conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief at the European Parliament 2018
Author and writer
Martin is the author of two major books and over 100 published articles focusing particularly on our national identity and values, international relations and the threat of radical Islam.
Martin is the author of two major books and over 100 published articles focusing particularly on our national identity and values, international relations and the threat of radical Islam.
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Other professional experience
Academic
Martin did his PhD on Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region (using the academic disciplines of Church History, Biblical Theology, Islamic Studies and Mission Studies) He has subsequently published work on Public Theology, History, Islamic Studies and History of Christian Missions. He has been published in the UK, USA and Australia. His current research focus is on the historical development of freedom of religion in the English speaking world. He previously worked at Anglia Ruskin University where he set up a course in Research Ethics which is now being used by an estimated 8,000 students a year at various universities around the world. He has been a research supervisor at the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life and the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (FRGS) and a member of Tyndale Fellowship. 
Martin and a Norwegian colleague were the first westerners to visit this unexplored region of Afghanistan, then just a 'blank' on the map |
Meeting with Foreign Office Minister Rt Hon Baroness Anelay to discuss Middle East genocide Overseas aid worker
Martin was an aid worker in Afghanistan during the time the country was ruled by mujahaddin warlords, the Taliban and the western backed post 9/11 government. Martin and a Norwegian colleague were the first westerners to visit a remote mountainous area of Afghanistan then just a blank area on the map. He subsequently set up a community development and literacy project, including undertaking an initial analysis of the unwritten tribal language and recruiting both local staff and an expatriate team. While working in Afghanistan he had to negotiate in local language with senior members of the Taliban and other radical Islamist groups now regarded as terrorists by western military forces. He also previously worked in Pakistan for several years and learnt to speak both Urdu and Persian whilst working overseas. 
Martin conducting a child health survey in a remote Afghan village |
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