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'''Sadiq Khan''' (b. October 8, 1970) is the first [[Muslim]] politician to head a major European capital as Mayor of London. He succeeds [[Boris Johnson]] after a bitter campaign facing the son of a [[Billionaire]], Zac Goldsmith. Khan would enter the [[House of Commons]] in 2005. He would rise through the ranks of the [[Labour party]] as Shadow Minister for London.
'''Sadiq Khan''' (b. October 8, 1970) is the first [[Muslim]] politician to head a major European capital as Mayor of London. He succeeds [[Boris Johnson]] after a bitter campaign facing the son of a [[Billionaire]], Zac Goldsmith. Khan would enter the [[House of Commons]] in 2005. He would rise through the ranks of the [[Labour party]] as Shadow Minister for London.
He is married to Saadiya Ahmed and they have two children.
He is of [[Pakistan|Pakistani]] descent, married to Saadiya Ahmed and they have two children.
== Links to extremism ==
[[Breitbart]] London published a list of questionable activities that Khan has been associated with. <ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/07/telegraph-breitbart-u-s-conservatives-alarmed-sadiq-khan-victory/ Telegraph Breitbart US Conservatives Alarmed Sadiq Khan Victory, Breitbart, May 7, 2016]</ref>
*In 2001 he was the lawyer for the Nation of Islam in its successful High Court bid to overturn the 15-year-ban on its leader, [[Louis Farrakhan]].
*In 2005 and 2006 he visited terror-charged Babar Ahmad in Woodhill Prison. Mr. Ahmed was extradited to the U.S. in 2012, serving time in [[prison]] before being returned to the UK in 2015. Mr. Ahmed pleaded guilty to the terrorist offences of conspiracy, and providing material support to the [[Taliban]].
*Mr. Khan also campaigned for the release and repatriation of Shaker Aamer, Britain’s last [[Guantanamo]] detainee, who was returned to the UK in November
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