London Mayor Rejects Trump’s Muslim Ban Exemption: It’s Not ‘Just About Me’

Sadiq Khan 'exempt from Donald Trump Muslim ban'. File photos of Donald Trump (right) who has reportedly suggested new London mayor Sadiq Khan (left) would be exempt from his proposed ban on Muslims entering the US. ... Sadiq Khan 'exempt from Donald Trump Muslim ban'. File photos of Donald Trump (right) who has reportedly suggested new London mayor Sadiq Khan (left) would be exempt from his proposed ban on Muslims entering the US. Issue date: Tuesday May 10, 2016. It comes after Mr Khan said any visit to see counterparts in New York and Chicago would have to be made before the presidential inauguration in January in case Mr Trump makes it to the White House. See PA story POLITICS Trump. Photo credit should read: PA Wire URN:26285737 MORE LESS
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday said that Donald Trump exempting him from his proposed ban on Muslims coming into the United States is not enough.

“This isn’t just about me – it’s about my friends, my family and everyone who comes from a background similar to mine, anywhere in the world,” Khan told The Guardian.

“Donald Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both our countries less safe – it risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays into the hands of the extremists. Donald Trump and those around him think that western liberal values are incompatible with mainstream Islam – London has proved him wrong,” he continued.

After Khan noted on Sunday that he would not be allowed into the U.S. under Trump’s proposed Muslim Ban, Trump said on Monday that he could make an exception for Khan. Since Trump released the proposal to bar Muslim visitors, he’s offered a slew of exceptions to the ban.

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  1. Trump: I am a deal maker. I say all Muslims convert to Christianity and I will lift the ban. It will take me few years before I ban non-white Christians.

  2. When I was a kid years ago I used to travel a lot, and whenever you saw Canadians you knew where they were from because they had big red maple leaves plastered over all their luggage. Didn’t want to be mistaken for Americans, see. That was in the Eighties and Nineties. I can only imagine how much worse things are now but I can tell you I have a relative in the State Department and he says everywhere he goes, people ask about this Trump guy. It’s just humiliating. I think maybe sensible, halfway sophisticated Americans need some sort of program to remind the world we exist.

  3. So the Right Wing Mafia gets their panties and pearls all twisted when the POTUS says he will selectively enforce our immigration laws but…ah nevermind

  4. Huh. Just as I finished posting this on another thread:

    It looks like Mayor Khan did, in fact, find a more diplomatic (i.e. without saying fuck) way to say the same thing.

    Kudos, Mayor.

  5. Or maybe we need a program to remind the rest of Americans that the world exists, and bases its relations with us on what we do and say.

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