London has elected a Muslim mayor - can you imagine an American city doing the same? / myLot

Leicester, England

May 7, 2016 2:11am CST

Sadiq Khan has been elected as Mayor of London, in succession to Boris Johnson. As well as being a Labour politician (he is currently also a Member of Parliament for a London constituency) he is also a practising Muslim. Could you see an American city doing the same? And what would be the reaction of Donald Trump and others were such a thing to happen?

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

7 May 16

And as the media keep reminding us, he's the son of a bus driver. Well done Sadiq. (Though I'm still waiting for him to utter the words "Mr Khan, community leader".

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (26233)

• Singapore

7 May 16

Good to see you here! As long as the person is there on merit it reflects well on the people. The issue is religion should be a private matter but it sometimes is like a can of worms with my god, your god etc - siva

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Sandy KS

@rusty2rusty (6751)

• Defiance, Ohio

8 May 16

I don't need to imagine it happening in an American city. As the American President Obama is Muslim. I think that beats any spot of Mayor.

John Welford

@indexer (4852)

• Leicester, England

8 May 16

One thing you can be absolutely certain of is that Barack Obama is NOT a Muslim and never was! I am amazed that that old lie is still doing the rounds!