This week, Sadiq Khan is widely expected to win the election to become London's mayor. If he does, he will be the first Muslim mayor in Europe's largest city and the first elected Muslim mayor of any major European city.
Khan's status as an observant Muslim hasn't gone unnoticed. In fact, it has proved to be a sore subject in the remarkably bitter battle for London's top political office, where identity politics has trumped the slim policy differences between the candidates. Khan's supporters accuse his rival, Zac Goldsmith, the son of a billionaire financier, of using "dog whistle" tactics to tar Khan with allegations of links to extremists. Goldsmith penned an article in the Mail on Sunday that suggested that Khan had "repeatedly legitimized those with extremist views."
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