Dr Irfan Malik, secretary of Nottingham branch of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, said diplomacy was the only way forward.

“There are so many different countries involved so I think the better way would be a diplomatic solution rather than further air strikes,” he said. “Air strikes risk innocent people being killed.

“We are against everything IS stands for but diplomacy is the only option. We also need to look at who we are selling arms to in the region.”

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File photo dated 01/12/11 of a fly-past by two RAF Tornado GR4 jets, as Downing Street denied David Cameron has changed his policy on Syria, following reports he has dumped plans for a Commons vote to approve air strikes. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday November 3, 2015. A vote had been widely expected to take place in the autumn, after Mr Cameron made clear that he wants to extend RAF missions against the Islamic State terror group from Iraq into Syria, but will do so only if he can secure a “consensus” among MPs. See PA story POLITICS Syria. Photo credit should read: David Jones/PA Wire

David Cameron needs an “end game” before he launches air strikes into Syria and plunges Britain into another Middle Eastern war, says an international relations expert from the University of Nottingham.

Associate professor Dr Andrew Mumford said the Government will know the “very long shadow” of the UK’s 2003 war in Iraq will put off some while the recent terror attacks in Paris will have swayed public opinion in favour of fighting back against Islamic State (IS).

The jihadist group claimed responsibility for the atrocities in the French capital that killed 130 people, which has led politicians to call for air strikes in Syria, where the caliphate has territory.

Dr Mumford said: “We can’t destroy IS from 30,000 feet. What does David Cameron want to see happening in Syria after the air strikes? The big question he has to answer is ‘what is the end game?’.

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