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Sadiq Khan
British
Politician
Born:
Oct 8
,
1970
Been
British
Family
Me
People
Year
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If you're someone who doesn't have Muslim friends, and your only experience of Islam is what you see on the news - the angry man with a beard doing or saying something terrible - then you may inadvertently associate that with Islam and think that is what it's all about.
Sadiq Khan
Saying
News
Angry
You
Man
Beard
Experience
Islam
Think
Muslim
See
About
Someone
Something
Only
Terrible
Doing
Friends
May
Inadvertently
Then
Your
Who
Associate
The U.K. has some of the toughest legislation on hate crime in the world, and it is there to keep us all safe.
Sadiq Khan
Hate
World
Crime
Some
Toughest
Safe
Legislation
Us
Keep
Probation is a less-well-known branch of our justice system, compared with, say, police and prisons, but that doesn't make it any less important. Hundreds of thousands of offenders each year are rehabilitated back into society by probation, which is crucial for the public's safety.
Sadiq Khan
Justice
Police
Safety
Important
Year
Society
Back
Our
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
Say
System
Thousands
Crucial
Make
Prisons
Offenders
Branch
Any
Probation
Which
Public
Less
Each
Compared
Each Year
Letting people out of prison without professional staff to oversee their rehabilitation is irresponsible.
Sadiq Khan
People
Prison
Out
Without
Oversee
Staff
Irresponsible
Rehabilitation
Professional
Letting
The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities and mayors.
Sadiq Khan
Nation
States
Cities
Empires
Mayors
Century
It's too easy to dismiss Donald Trump as a buffoon - to point and laugh at a man whose worldview is as ridiculous as his hairdo. But to do so is to make light of a very serious threat.
Sadiq Khan
Man
Light
Worldview
Too
Laugh
Easy
Threat
Point
Hairdo
Make
His
Trump
Very
Donald
Donald Trump
Dismiss
Serious
Ridiculous
Whose
The U.K. has some of the best protections in law for religious groups in the world. They aren't perfect, but they provide a strong basis for religious groups to be free from fear of discrimination. I'm proud of this because it underpins what is decent about our country.
Sadiq Khan
Best
World
Strong
Law
Fear
Free
Country
Our
Religious
Some
About
Perfect
Because
Proud
Provide
Discrimination
Decent
Groups
Basis
Major miscarriages of justice have occurred because of the absence of proper legal representation.
Sadiq Khan
Justice
Legal
Proper
Absence
Major
Because
Occurred
Representation
We cannot afford to have the confidence of the public, victims, and witnesses in our justice system undermined because the wrong people are being found guilty and the real criminals are wandering the streets.
Sadiq Khan
Confidence
Justice
People
Our
Criminals
We Cannot
Guilty
System
Wrong
Undermined
Because
Witnesses
Real
Afford
Wandering
Being
Cannot
Victims
Public
Found
Streets
Voting, for me, has always been a family affair.
Sadiq Khan
Family
Me
Voting
Always
Affair
Been
Victims of crime and the wider community deserve a grown-up debate on our criminal justice system and how we can make it work - for those within it and for those it protects.
Sadiq Khan
Work
Justice
Debate
Crime
Community
Criminal
Our
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice System
Those
System
Make
Protects
Within
How
Victims
Deserve
Grown-Up
Wider
It is the Labour party that has always sought to address the problems facing British Muslims, because we believe it is one of our primary functions to tackle the problems faced by the most vulnerable in our society.
Sadiq Khan
Problems
Party
Believe
Society
Our
Address
Muslims
Faced
Tackle
Facing
Primary
Most
Sought
Because
Vulnerable
Always
Labour
Labour Party
Functions
British
Education is important even beyond the bounds of the opportunities it gives to the individual; it is a crucial and basic requirement for ensuring effective democracy and human rights.
Sadiq Khan
Education
Democracy
Rights
Opportunities
Important
Human Rights
Ensuring
Gives
Individual
Crucial
Bounds
Beyond
Effective
Human
Requirement
Even
Basic
Women with opportunities are women who can contribute.
Sadiq Khan
Women
Opportunities
Contribute
Who
I used to be a human rights lawyer and acted for many black Londoners who had been victims of discrimination.
Sadiq Khan
Rights
Black
Lawyer
Human Rights
Had
Been
Discrimination
Human
Victims
Acted
Used
Who
Many
As an ethnically Asian Muslim, born and bred in this country, I am British. I have never felt a conflict between my country, my religion, and my background.
Sadiq Khan
Religion
Conflict
Country
Background
Muslim
Born
Never
Between
Felt
Am
Asian
Bred
British
I've spent my entire adult life encouraging minority communities to get involved in mainstream society, civic society.
Sadiq Khan
Life
Minority
Society
Spent
Civic
Entire
Adult
Adult Life
Mainstream
Involved
Encouraging
Get
Communities
London made my family and myself.
Sadiq Khan
Myself
Family
Made
London
One of the things that's important to me as a Londoner is making sure my family, people I care about, are safe.
Sadiq Khan
Family
Me
People
Care
Important
One Of The Things
About
Safe
Sure
Making
Things
My experience in relation to taking on the preachers of hate was saying to them it's compatible being British, being Western, being Muslim.
Sadiq Khan
Saying
Experience
Hate
Relation
Muslim
Taking
Western
Preachers
Being
Them
Compatible
British
The best way for people to understand each other's faith is to share experiences.
Sadiq Khan
Faith
Best
People
Other
Way
Best Way
Share
Understand
Experiences
Each
Only Labour is in a position to protect individual rights against abuses by the state.
Sadiq Khan
Rights
State
Only
Individual
Individual Rights
Abuse
Protect
Labour
Against
Position
Islam is misunderstood by many. The extremists grab the headlines; those of us who want to practise our religion and live under this country's laws do not make the news.
Sadiq Khan
News
Religion
Country
Islam
Live
Our
Extremists
Those
Laws
Headlines
Make
Practise
Misunderstood
Grab
Want
Us
Who
Many
We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.
Sadiq Khan
Work
Hard Work
Celebrate
Triumph
Over
Optimism
Should
Hard
Cynicism
Lethargy
Fatalism
More than 300 languages are spoken in London. Religions are freely practiced. Rich and poor live on the same street, side by side. We've actually escaped many of the most difficult problems - integration and community cohesion.
Sadiq Khan
Problems
Rich
Community
Live
Difficult
Side
Religions
London
More
Spoken
Freely
Most
Practiced
Integration
Escaped
Than
Same
Poor
Languages
Many
Street
Actually
Cohesion
When we are faced with adversity, when we are tested on who we are and what we stand for, we always pull together. We stand strong for our values and our way of life. We always have, and I know we always will.
Sadiq Khan
Life
Adversity
Together
Strong
Will
Values
Our
Way
Faced
Know
Always
Tested
Stand
Who
Pull
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