London’s newly-elected mayor Sadiq Khan has offered to “educate” presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Islam and introduce him to “hundreds of thousands” of Muslims living in the United Kingdom.
“I want Donald Trump to come to London so I can introduce myself to him as a mainstream Muslim, very, very comfortable with Western liberal values, but also introduce him to hundreds of thousands, dare I say millions of Muslims in this country, who love being British [and] love being Western,” Khan told NBC News in an interview Friday.
Khan’s invitation to the New York billionaire follows a feud between the two earlier this week over Trump’s proposal to bar non-American Muslims from entering the U.S. Trump said he would make an exception to allow the Muslim mayor to visit the U.S. — an offer Khan swiftly rejected.
“This isn’t just about me,” Khan responded at the time. “It’s about my friends, my family and everyone who comes from a background similar to mine, anywhere in the world.”
“I want to educate Donald Trump,” Khan added on Friday. “I want to show him that you can be Muslim and Western.”
Khan, who is a member of Britain’s left-wing Labour party, also praised Trump’s leading Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton on Friday.
“As a proud feminist at City Hall, as someone who’s a father of two daughters, I think Hillary Clinton being the president of the USA would send a loud and clear message, but also she’s competent, she’s got gravitas, she’s got huge experience,” he told NBC.
“So you won’t be surprised to know I want Hillary to be president,” he added.
