London (CNN)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.
The London-born son of Pakistani immigrants, Khan grew up with his six brothers and sister in a three-bedroom, public housing apartment. He studied law, became a university lecturer and the chairman of a civil liberties group, and was elected to Parliament in 2005.
Affordable housing in a city increasingly drawing the super-rich, aging infrastructure and transportation are top issues facing the new mayor.
Khan is replacing incumbent Boris Johnson, a colorful and popular figure who took office in 2008 and was a rare Conservative mayor in the Labour-leaning British capital.
Johnson is leading the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union at a referendum on June 23. He is clashing with Prime Minister David Cameron, who is in favor of the United Kingdom remaining.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/europe/uk-london-mayoral-race-sadiq-khan/
http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2016-36206505

hmm

Nice! I hope he performs well to shut up his critics.
Allah is great.

Change is coming... we await to see a Christian holding similar position in Qatar, Saudi Arabia et al soon.

The man below me is already screaming Jihad
Ogbeni, what is that?

Congratulations , it's totally a victory for democracy and for Islam. This is what I called jihad, not the other way around. May Allah continue to support and strengthen the new mayor.

If we Want a positive change in Nigeria,we need to look beyond religious and tribal sentiments.... God bless Nigeria

Great.

So

Congratulations to him.

This can never happen in a Muslim country yet dey claim to be peace-loving and tolerant.

Junior66:
This can never happen in a Muslim country yet dey claim to be peace-loving and tolerant.

what's your problem with where it happened. Tell us your region or your state and we can tell you how peace-loving and tolerant you are.

He is British with a good record

What's the big deal about him being a Muslim

London on a road to no where !

queenoflafia:


What's the big deal about him being a Muslim

see painy

Mekky2010:
London on a road to no where !

ur wish

shidof:
what's your problem with where it happened. Tell us your region or your state and we can tell you how peace-loving and tolerant you are.

stop being clever by half.the question is can this happen in a Muslim caliphate?? Like Saudi where non Muslims are banned from even setting foot in certain cities? Islam is just a backward looking school of thought that happens to be lucky to have tolerant schools of thought sharing the planet. More than one billion adherents plus the advantage of lots of money and yet no meaningful contributions to humanity aside washing of hands and feet and unbridled lust...islam is a total disgrace and should be thankful that many more people don't share their useless philosophy otherwise their would be no London to vie for mayorship in.

shidof:
Congratulations , it's totally a victory for democracy and for Islam. This is what I called jihad, not the other way around. May Allah continue to support and strengthen the new mayor.

I dare him to apply whatever he has learnt from his religion in his mayorship and letsvsee if London doesn't die a sure death... Backward people that only get to consume and emigrate to finished product climes. Show me one comfortable nation built by Muslims alone . you should do a serious soulsearch on why islam seemsvto spread underdevelopment and ask your Allah to check the trend if he is capable

newbornmacho:
I dare him to apply whatever he has learnt from his religion in his mayorship and letsvsee if London doesn't die a sure death... Backward people that only get to consume and emigrate to finished product climes. Show me one comfortable nation built by Muslims alone . you should do a serious soulsearch on why islam seemsvto spread underdevelopment and ask your Allah to check the trend if he is capable

Qatar, Dubai, who built it?? Show us one Comfortable Nation built by Christians only??

newbornmacho:
I dare him to apply whatever he has learnt from his religion in his mayorship and letsvsee if London doesn't die a sure death... Backward people that only get to consume and emigrate to finished product climes. Show me one comfortable nation built by Muslims alone . you should do a serious soulsearch on why islam seemsvto spread underdevelopment and ask your Allah to check the trend if he is capable

small boy, why you wanna kill yourself on top another person matter. It seems as if u've not heard about UAE b4. Try to google it. And what's ur definition of comfortable, cos the last time I checked, countries like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE are still among the most peaceful and comfortable countries in the world.

newbornmacho:
stop being clever by half.the question is can this happen in a Muslim caliphate?? Like Saudi where non Muslims are banned from even setting foot in certain cities? Islam is just a backward looking school of thought that happens to be lucky to have tolerant schools of thought sharing the planet. More than one billion adherents plus the advantage of lots of money and yet no meaningful contributions to humanity aside washing of hands and feet and unbridled lust...islam is a total disgrace and should be thankful that many more people don't share their useless philosophy otherwise their would be no London to vie for mayorship in.

you are just ranting. ipod guy , tell me how accommodating and friendly ur region is.

shidof:
you are just ranting. ipod guy , tell me how accommodating and friendly ur region is.

what you practice as a religion is a primitive, inhumane way of life that is killing everyone else just to survive. A world full of Muslims will be hell...hell. In a thousand lifetimes islam can never give the world a liberal tolerant place like London. Islam is cursed with perpetual consumption of what "infidels" produce and never have the courtesy to consume with Peace... As they must wage a jihad to conquer others. Look around you what does islam have to show for its forceful takeover of places? Whether the north of Nigeria... Or the Arabian peninsula...or large swathes of Asia? Nothing...rather it takes away peace, liberty and ultimately even the lives of those it meets. A religion perpetually at war with itself and others. A curse to any nation where it is.

newbornmacho:
I dare him to apply whatever he has learnt from his religion in his mayorship and letsvsee if London doesn't die a sure death... Backward people that only get to consume and emigrate to finished product climes. Show me one comfortable nation built by Muslims alone . you should do a serious soulsearch on why islam seemsvto spread underdevelopment and ask your Allah to check the trend if he is capable

some people are just bigots. pls just live with the reality and don't kill urselve

newbornmacho:
what you practice as a religion is a primitive, inhumane way of life that is killing everyone else just to survive. A world full of Muslims will be hell...hell. In a thousand lifetimes islam can never give the world a liberal tolerant place like London. Islam is cursed with perpetual consumption of what "infidels" produce and never have the courtesy to consume with Peace... As they must wage a jihad to conquer others. Look around you what does islam have to show for its forceful takeover of places? Whether the north of Nigeria... Or the Arabian peninsula...or large swathes of Asia? Nothing...rather it takes away peace, liberty and ultimately even the lives of those it meets. A religion perpetually at war with itself and others. A curse to any nation where it is.

ignorant fellow. U knw nothing about Islam. The bitter truth is that Islam has come to stay and there is nothing u can do about it. It is a pity u only rely on the lies u are being fed about Islam.

newbornmacho:
what you practice as a religion is a primitive, inhumane way of life that is killing everyone else just to survive. A world full of Muslims will be hell...hell. In a thousand lifetimes islam can never give the world a liberal tolerant place like London. Islam is cursed with perpetual consumption of what "infidels" produce and never have the courtesy to consume with Peace... As they must wage a jihad to conquer others. Look around you what does islam have to show for its forceful takeover of places? Whether the north of Nigeria... Or the Arabian peninsula...or large swathes of Asia? Nothing...rather it takes away peace, liberty and ultimately even the lives of those it meets. A religion perpetually at war with itself and others. A curse to any nation where it is.

meaningless ranting

IbnIslam:
ignorant fellow. U knw nothing about Islam. The bitter truth is that Islam has come to stay and there is nothing u can do about it. It is a pity u only rely on the lies u are being fed about Islam.

yes islam will continue to be on earth...so also will stupidity and extremism and every other kind of I'll. Islam is an impediment to the peace and progress of any community that hosts it...yemen-saudi, Iran - Iraq, Syria - Lebanon , Pakistan... Afghanistan... Libya... Northern Nigeria... Philippines...... One loses count...shia and sunni...sunni vs alawite...ahmadiya vs shia....islam and strife are 5&6. Just continue conquering and converting your conquered places to shitholes

newbornmacho:
yes islam will continue to be on earth...so also will stupidity and extremism and every other kind of I'll. Islam is an impediment to the peace and progress of any community that hosts it...yemen-saudi, Iran - Iraq, Syria - Lebanon , Pakistan... Afghanistan... Libya... Northern Nigeria... Philippines...... One loses count...shia and sunni...sunni vs alawite...ahmadiya vs shia....islam and strife are 5&6. Just continue conquering and converting your conquered places to shitholes

is unfortunate how people display ignorance just because they have been programmed to hate Islam. Read about xtianity and crusaders and u would know where the shithole lies. Just like I said Islam remains and ur hate for it will only cause u HBP.

Junior66:
This can never happen in a Muslim country yet dey claim to be peace-loving and tolerant.

Jakarta, the biggest city in the most populated Muslim country Indonesia, elected it's first Christian governor a few years ago. And that guy just sent heartwarming congratulations to Sadiq Khan yesterday

GorkoSusaay:

Jakarta, the biggest city in the most populated Muslim country Indonesia, elected it's first Christian governor a few years ago. And that guy just sent heartwarming congratulations to Sadiq Khan yesterday

current governor of jakarta is not the first Christian, he is the first Chinese Indonesian leading Jakarta
Jakarta had Henk Ngantung as the first Christian as governor way back in 1960s

raimuasu:

current governor of jakarta is not the first Christian, he is the first Chinese Indonesian leading Jakarta
Jakarta had Henk Ngantung as the first Christian as governor way back in 1960s

You get my meaning anyway

London elects its first Shiite Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, while Tyrant Buhari is exterminating Nigerian Shiites and burying them in mass graves in Nigeria. Buhari is a candidate for ICC in 2019. Buratai and El-rufai will lead the way to The Hague. Justice will prevail and the perpetrators of the Zaria massacre will not live in peace in this world or the next.