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Despite the sharp spike in hate crimes and anti-immigrant speech associated with Britain\u2019s recent vote to leave the European Union, Sadiq Khan, a British-born Muslim of Pakistani descent and mayor of London, the first Muslim leader of any Western world capital city, has been a strong voice for post-Brexit interfaith relations and reconciliation. He famously took a selfie with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbi of London during Ramadan last year that went viral across the globe. On a recent visit to the US, correspondent David Tereshchuk talked with Mayor Khan about bigotry, extremism, religious tolerance, and choosing hope over fear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI have never held myself out as a Muslim leader,\u201d says Sadiq Khan, who became mayor of London shortly before Britain voted to leave the European Union. \u201cBut it\u2019s a fact I\u2019m a leader of Islamic faith, so that brings with [it] a responsibility, especially in current times.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":34083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","topics-culture-and-society","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-international","faith-interfaith","faith-islam"],"yoast_head":"\nBrexit and London\u2019s Muslim Mayor | January 6, 2017 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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