Expert witness
Martin has acted as an expert witness in
- Criminal cases (both Magistrates Court and Crown Court)
- Asylum appeals
- Employment tribunals
Martin has acted as an expert witness in
- Criminal cases (both Magistrates Court and Crown Court)
- Asylum appeals
- Employment tribunals
Other consultancy
- Genocide in the Middle East
- Discrimination against Christian asylum seekers by UNHCR
- Commissioned articles for publication
- Genocide in the Middle East
- Discrimination against Christian asylum seekers by UNHCR
- Commissioned articles for publication
Dr Martin Parsons BSc, BA, PGCE, PhD, FRGS, FHEA
Martin has degrees in both Geography and Theology, a PhD in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, is a qualified teacher in both secondary and higher education and undertook 9 months of additional studies in Applied Linguistics and Literacy.
Publications
Martin is the author of two major books and has also published more than 100 articles, particularly in the field of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations and International Relations. His first book Unveiling God: Contextualizing Christology for Islamic Culture was described by Professor Richard Bauckham FBA, FRSE as "An important book not only for Christians in dialogue with Muslims, but also for all who wrestle with the relationship between belief in the one God and the Christian confession of the deity of Jesus Christ.". His second book Good for Society: Christian Values and Conservative Politics was described by Rev. Dr Jules Gomes as "the definitive book on Conservativism and Christianity" and by Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe as "magnificent, detailed and authoritative".
Expert on Human Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB)
Martin has had many years experience both supporting persecuted Christians overseas and undertaking writing and research about the global persecution of Christians. While undertaking aid work in Afghanistan and Pakistan he was involved in helping local Christians including during the Taliban era when Afghan Christians were being severely persecuted. He has also been head of research at the international headquarters of an aid agency supporting Christian victims of persecution around the world. He has been involved in making submissions to Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiries and government consultations on FoRB in both the UK and other countries and has also been an expert witness for FoRB issues in both the UK and other countries, with a particular focus on the global persecution of Christians.
Overseas aid work
Martin has been an overseas aid worker in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. As an aid worker in Afghanistan he and a Norwegian colleague were the first westerners to visit a remote mountainous region approximately a week’s walk from the end of the nearest road, which until then had been just a ‘blank’ area on the map. He subsequently began work on unscrambling the unwritten tribal language and set up an aid project to help the local people.
Education
Martin is a qualified teacher in both secondary and higher education has held senior leadership roles in Education both in the UK and overseas including having been principal of an English Language Institute in Pakistan where he was also a member of the managing council of a Pakistani Christian NGO running a technical college, high school and boarding house and 40+ village primary schools. He was also a member of the Education Committee of the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) which effectively functioned as the Afghan national education committee during the time of Taliban rule. After returning to the UK he became an examiner for A level Geography and was part of the senior leadership team establishing a new sixth form college, which significantly improved both A level results and university admissions in a deprived coastal town. He subsequently set up a new course in Research Ethics at Anglia Ruskin University. He was later a faculty member of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life where he was involved in establishing a PhD programme for students from non western countries in association with the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
LinkedIn profile
www.linkedin.com/in/drmartinparsons
Martin has degrees in both Geography and Theology, a PhD in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, is a qualified teacher in both secondary and higher education and undertook 9 months of additional studies in Applied Linguistics and Literacy.
Publications
Martin is the author of two major books and has also published more than 100 articles, particularly in the field of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations and International Relations. His first book Unveiling God: Contextualizing Christology for Islamic Culture was described by Professor Richard Bauckham FBA, FRSE as "An important book not only for Christians in dialogue with Muslims, but also for all who wrestle with the relationship between belief in the one God and the Christian confession of the deity of Jesus Christ.". His second book Good for Society: Christian Values and Conservative Politics was described by Rev. Dr Jules Gomes as "the definitive book on Conservativism and Christianity" and by Rt Hon Ann Widdecombe as "magnificent, detailed and authoritative".
Expert on Human Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB)
Martin has had many years experience both supporting persecuted Christians overseas and undertaking writing and research about the global persecution of Christians. While undertaking aid work in Afghanistan and Pakistan he was involved in helping local Christians including during the Taliban era when Afghan Christians were being severely persecuted. He has also been head of research at the international headquarters of an aid agency supporting Christian victims of persecution around the world. He has been involved in making submissions to Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiries and government consultations on FoRB in both the UK and other countries and has also been an expert witness for FoRB issues in both the UK and other countries, with a particular focus on the global persecution of Christians.
Overseas aid work
Martin has been an overseas aid worker in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. As an aid worker in Afghanistan he and a Norwegian colleague were the first westerners to visit a remote mountainous region approximately a week’s walk from the end of the nearest road, which until then had been just a ‘blank’ area on the map. He subsequently began work on unscrambling the unwritten tribal language and set up an aid project to help the local people.
Education
Martin is a qualified teacher in both secondary and higher education has held senior leadership roles in Education both in the UK and overseas including having been principal of an English Language Institute in Pakistan where he was also a member of the managing council of a Pakistani Christian NGO running a technical college, high school and boarding house and 40+ village primary schools. He was also a member of the Education Committee of the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) which effectively functioned as the Afghan national education committee during the time of Taliban rule. After returning to the UK he became an examiner for A level Geography and was part of the senior leadership team establishing a new sixth form college, which significantly improved both A level results and university admissions in a deprived coastal town. He subsequently set up a new course in Research Ethics at Anglia Ruskin University. He was later a faculty member of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life where he was involved in establishing a PhD programme for students from non western countries in association with the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
LinkedIn profile
www.linkedin.com/in/drmartinparsons
