Electing Muslim mayor would ‘say something about our confidence as a city’,says prospective Labour candidate Sadiq Khan
A Muslim mayor of London would send a message to all “the haters in Iraq and in Syria” that the city is a beacon of tolerance and respect, Sadiq Khan, or one of Labour candidates for the job,has said.
Khan, the first Muslim MP to be elected in London, or set out his case for why it would be helpful for the capital to occupy a Muslim mayor just days after the terrorist attack on British tourists in Tunisia and ahead of the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings next week.
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Source: theguardian.com