In 2001 after the September 11 attacks , Miraj spoke at the 2001 Conservative Party conference in favour of military action in Afghanistan , saying " As a British Muslim I find the 11 September attacks even more difficult to bear " . In 2003 when he was in Conservative Future he supported ID cards being introduced to prevent benefit fraud , but was opposed to random checks . Miraj was an foreign affairs advisor to the Conservative Party from 2001 – 3 ; he opposed the 2003 Iraq War , against his party line . He appeared on a Newsnight debate in 2006 about the Middle East during the Lebanon war
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Ali Miraj