Sadiq Khan, a practicing Muslim and Labour Party politician, has been elected mayor of London, marking a political milestone in the Western world.
Londoners
voted in Khan, 45, as the first Muslim mayor of a major Western capital
city. He will take office in a metropolis where his fellow Muslims
comprise about 12% of the population.
His
victory followed an unusually bitter campaign against Conservative
candidate Zac Goldsmith, the son of a billionaire, in which race and
religion have proven ugly flashpoints.
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