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The Home Secretary is head of the Home Office and a senior cabinet member in Britain. The Home Secretary is largely responsible for national security and immigration in the United Kingdom. In Home Fire, Karamat Lone is appointed Home Secretary at the beginning of the novel.
Home Secretary Quotes in Home Fire
The Home Fire quotes below are all either spoken by Home Secretary or refer to Home Secretary. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2 – Isma
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All the old muck. He meant the picture of Karamat Lone entering a mosque that had been in the news for its “hate preacher.” LONE WOLF’S PACK REVEALED, the headlines screamed when a tabloid got hold of it, near the end of his first term as an MP. The Lone Wolf's response had been to point out that the picture was several years old, he had been there only for his uncle’s funeral prayers and would otherwise never enter a gender-segregated space. This was followed by pictures of him and his wife walking hand in hand into a church.
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Chapter 4 – Eamonn
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“There are still moments of stress when I’ll recite Ayat al-Kursi as a kind of reflex.”
“ls that a prayer?”
“Yes. Ask your girlfriend about it. Actually, no, I’d prefer it if you didn’t mention it to anyone.”
“You shouldn't have to hide that kind of thing.”
“I’d be nervous about a home secretary who’s spoken openly about his atheism but secretly recites Muslim prayers. Wouldn’t you?”
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Chapter 7 – Aneeka
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Aneeka “Knickers” Pasha, the 19-year-old twin sister of Muslim fanatic Parvaiz “Pervy” Pasha has been revealed as her brother’s accomplice. She hunted down the Home Secretary's son, Eamonn, 24, and used sex to try and brainwash him into convincing his father to allow her terrorist brother back into England.
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Chapter 9 – Karamat
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She has been abused for the crime of daring to love while covering her head, vilified for believing that she had the right to want a life with someone whose history is at odds with hers, denounced for wanting to bury her brother beside her mother, reviled for her completely legal protests against a decision by the home secretary that suggests personal animus. […] Where is the crime in this? Dad, please tell me, where is the crime?
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Home Secretary Term Timeline in Home Fire
The timeline below shows where the term Home Secretary appears in Home Fire. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 2 – Isma
...quickly finds out why. Aneeka texts her saying that Karamat has been made the new Home Secretary . Isma instantly opens the internet and the first article she reads describes him as...
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...arrives just then, telling Isma about the good news—his father Karamat has just been appointed Home Secretary . At first Isma tries to feign ignorance about knowing who his father is. Eamonn...
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Chapter 4 – Eamonn
...things happen to make people more hostile, like terrorist attacks involving European victims or “ Home secretaries talking about people setting themselves apart in the way they dress.”
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...that Karamat shouldn’t have to hide his religion. Karamat replies, “I’d be nervous about a home secretary who’s spoken openly about his atheism but secretly recites Muslim prayers. Wouldn’t you?”
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Chapter 7 – Aneeka
...Parvaiz is a British citizen. The man apologizes, saying that he is there because “the home secretary has a point to prove about Muslims.” Aneeka then realizes that Eamonn has not yet...
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...he was. I knew him from the day he was born. Shame on you, Mr. Home Secretary .”
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...Meanwhile, another article comes out entitled “Ho-Jabi! Pervy Pasha’s Twin Sister Engineered Sex Trysts with Home Secretary ’s Son.” It describes Aneeka as Parvaiz’s accomplice, saying that she hunted down Eamonn to...
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Chapter 9 – Karamat
...covering her head” and “reviled for her completely legal protests against a decision by the home secretary that suggests personal animus.” He asks Karamat directly where the crime is in wanting to...
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