Khan is right to rebuff ‘ignorant’ Donald Trump

Sadiq Khan speaks to supporters as he arrives for his first day at work at City Hall in London on 9 May [Image: Hannah Mckay/Reuters].

Sadiq Khan speaks to supporters as he arrives for his first day at work at City Hall in London on 9 May [Image: Hannah Mckay/Reuters].

On this matter, Sadiq Khan has This Blog’s full support.

Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslims from travelling to the United States is divisive, and therefore dangerous.

Khan is right to point out that there is a better way.

Sadiq Khan, the new mayor of London, has rebuffed Donald Trump’s suggestion that he could be an exception to Trump’s proposed policy to ban all Muslims from travelling to the United States.

Khan, the capital’s first Muslim mayor, said the call by the presumptive Republican nominee for president for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the US was something that directly affected those closest to him, and said making an exception for him was not the answer.

“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,” Khan said.

“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. Donald Trump and those around him think that western liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam – London has proved him wrong.”

Trump told the New York Times on Monday that he was happy to see Khan elected as mayor of London last week. “There will always be exceptions,” he said of his proposed temporary ban on Muslims.

Source: Sadiq Khan: I don’t want exemption from ‘ignorant’ Trump’s Muslim ban | Politics | The Guardian

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