Posted on 05/10/2016 7:23:14 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
LONDON (AP) — London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday slammed Donald Trump's "ignorant" view of Islam, after the Republican presidential contender suggested Khan could be exempted from a proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.
Last year Trump proposed "a total and complete" ban on foreign Muslims entering the U.S. "until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on."
Asked how that policy would affect London's first Muslim mayor, Trump told The New York Times that "there will always be exceptions."
But Khan said "this isn't just about me — it's about my friends, my family and everyone who comes from a background similar to mine, anywhere in the world."
"Donald Trump's ignorant view of Islam could make both our countries less safe — it risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays into the hands of the extremists," Khan said in a statement.
Khan, the London-born son of Pakistani immigrants, was elected last week by a wide margin after a campaign that saw his Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith accuse him of having shared platforms with Islamic extremists.
Khan, a former human rights lawyer and Labour Party lawmaker, accused Goldsmith of trying to frighten and divide voters in a multicultural city of 8.6 million people — more than 1 million of them Muslims.
The mayor said Tuesday that Trump and people who agree with him "think that western liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam - London has proved him wrong."
Trump said he was "happy to see" Khan's election and hoped "he does a good job."
The mayor declined to lend Trump his support.
"I'll be backing the Democratic candidate — Hillary Clinton, who I suspect it will be — and I hope that she trounces him," Khan told the BBC.
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Buzz off, a**hole. Surely, there is a Mormon whose life you could be making miserable in that warm evangelical way you so adhere to.
Or at least go back to the crypt.
I guess you've given your viewpoint!
And has he changed his tactics any?
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein
I hear you. A link with a word of caution would suffice.
Threats.
Have they worked for you in the past?
Class of '07.
Don’t pay attention to Freak Elsie; he occasionally comes out of his coffin to disturb people who don’t adhere to his strange religious beliefs which include biblical spamming and photos from low-brow American comedies that he thinks are on the par with Ernst Lubitsch. He probably supports these photos because he’d like to do it to people who don’t follow his wacky religious beliefs.
We have to hit the abuse button. He probably thinks he’s doing us a service but he doesn’t understand that most of us are far more knowledgeable about Islamic terrorism than most. Or, he just enjoys shocking people.
Ignoring doesn't work?
Go away, you slimy religious fanatic/hater. I can smell you from here. You’re not on the religious forums now where the mods will take away any remark that hurts your little feelings.
I hope you donate endless amounts of your ill-gotten gains to stay on this site.
Stick with the Turks.
You'll probably have more luck.
MM; why so judgmental?
Because you make me ill. You are a sick man and you need help.
Then stay on your meds; as things WILL get better.
People on the political threads don't know you because you spend all your time on FR saying loathsome things about Catholics. To know you is to despise you. I guess the bloodletting photos brought out your sadomasochist side, right?
Sounds like good advice.
Is it easy to do?
Don’t post to me, freak, and then I’ll ignore you. Post to me and it’s another story. Freak Elsie. I like the sound of it.
Trump is already driving Muslims mad. So he is already winning the battle against Islam.
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