Rehman Chishti MP for Gillingham and Rainham was honoured with a Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Award.
The star-studded event announced political and diplomatic winners for the 4th Annual Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Awards at The May Fair Hotel, sponsored by Diplomatic Card Services.
Amongst the winners were Rehman Chishti MP, Shadow Minister Sharon Hodgson MP, Holly Lynch MP, Jamaican High Commissioner HE Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, Polish Ambassador HE Witld Sobkow, and Chairman of the Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry Common Councilman Emma Edhem.
Rehman Chishti MP for Gillingham and Rainham won the Grassroot Diplomat Policy Driver Award for Countering Extremist Propaganda.
Since February 2015, Mr Chishti ran a high profile campaign to convince the Government and media to refer to Islamic State as “Daesh” as the terrorist organisation is neither Islamic nor a state.
After several months of campaigning, the Prime Minister David Cameron publicly urged the government to fully adopt Daesh into their lexicon to help reduce public fear and paranoia against Muslims and the religion globally.
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