Muslim’s Labour Candidacy Shapes London Mayoral Race

Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party candidate in London’s mayoral election on Thursday, posed for photos last month outside New Scotland Yard. Credit Andrew Testa for The New York Times

LONDON — The son of a London bus driver, Sadiq Khan has had a remarkable rise into the upper echelons of British politics. He grew up with seven siblings in a three-bedroom home in public housing and attended state schools before becoming a human rights lawyer and then a senior government minister.

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