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06-05-2016, 11:30 PM
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http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/05/eu...-mayoral-race/ (http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/05/europe/uk-london-mayoral-race/)
Londoners will find out Friday if they have elected the first Muslim mayor of any major Western city, after an unusually bitter campaign in which race and religion have proven ugly flashpoints.
The race between Labour's Sadiq Khan, son of a bus driver, and Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, son of a billionaire, has seen the latter accused of peddling "vile race politics" in his campaign against his rival.
Khan, a 45-year-old lawyer and member of Parliament, is the London-born son of Pakistani immigrants, and a practicing Muslim in a city where his co-religionists comprise about 12% of the population.
Muslims shouting at Christians in London “This our country, get out”
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?229253-London-Bridge-Is-Falling-Down-Falling-Down-Falling-Down&goto=newpost).
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/05/eu...-mayoral-race/ (http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/05/europe/uk-london-mayoral-race/)
Londoners will find out Friday if they have elected the first Muslim mayor of any major Western city, after an unusually bitter campaign in which race and religion have proven ugly flashpoints.
The race between Labour's Sadiq Khan, son of a bus driver, and Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, son of a billionaire, has seen the latter accused of peddling "vile race politics" in his campaign against his rival.
Khan, a 45-year-old lawyer and member of Parliament, is the London-born son of Pakistani immigrants, and a practicing Muslim in a city where his co-religionists comprise about 12% of the population.
Muslims shouting at Christians in London “This our country, get out”
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?229253-London-Bridge-Is-Falling-Down-Falling-Down-Falling-Down&goto=newpost).