The new Muslim mayor of London has issued a warning to Donald
Trump: Moderate your stance on Muslims, or they will launch more attacks
against America.
Trump
recently praised Sadiq Khan for winning London’s mayoral race, and said he
would be willing to create an exception in his policy restricting Muslim entry
into the United States in order to allow Khan to visit. But in a statement
Tuesday, Khan dismissed Trump’s invitation, and also denounced his views on
Islam as “ignorant,” suggesting Trump’s policies would increase the terrorist threat in both the U.S. and U.K.
“Donald
Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both of our countries less safe – it
risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays into the hands
of extremists,” he said. “Donald Trump and those around him think that Western
liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam – London has proved him
wrong.”
While
Khan touted the liberal values of British Muslims, some polls have found
worrying indicators that their assimilation is incomplete. A poll in April, for
instance, found that two-thirds of British Muslims would not tell the government if a friend or family
member became involved with extremists. Half of them said homosexuality should
be illegal and over 20 percent supported establishing sharia in the U.K.Source Daily Caller
