Sadiq Khan, London’s Mayor, Hits Back at Donald Trump’s Comments on Islam

Sadiq Khan, who was elected mayor of London on Thursday, the first Muslim to hold the job, lashed out on Monday at Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, saying that Mr. Trump’s inflammatory remarks about Islam could threaten security in Britain and the United States.

“Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both our countries less safe,” Mr. Khan wrote on Twitter on Tuesday morning. “It risks alienating mainstream Muslims. London has proved him wrong.”

On Monday, Mr. Trump told The New York Times that “there will always be exceptions,” when asked how his proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States would affect people like Mr. Khan.

“I was happy to see that,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Khan’s election. “I think it’s a very good thing, and I hope he does a very good job because frankly that would be very, very good.”

Mr. Trump has been criticized for his proposed ban, which he announced soon after the terrorist attacks in and around Paris in November that killed 130 people.

In an interview with Time magazine published on Monday, Mr. Khan criticized Mr. Trump’s approach to Muslims and said he planned to visit the United States before the inauguration of the next president, on Jan. 20.

Mr. Khan, the son of working-class immigrants from Pakistan, was a human rights lawyer and was elected to Parliament, as a Labour member representing South London, in 2005. - Read More at the NYT

Sadiq Khan, London’s Mayor, Hits Back at Donald Trump’s Comments on Islam