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British politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)
Claims that London mayor Sadiq Khan is trying to “get rid of the word ‘Christmas’” or that he dislikes Christmas circulate widely on social media and fringe sites after this year’s festive events; the...
No reliable, consolidated count of Muslim mayors across England in 2025 is provided in the available reporting; fact‑checks say many viral lists are misleading and that only a small number of high‑pro...
Reuters and other fact‑checkers show the viral claim that many English mayors elected in May 2024 were Muslim is misleading: only London’s directly elected mayor, Sadiq Khan, is clearly identified as ...
The claim that many English cities have had Muslim mayors since 2000 is ; reliable, recent analyses identify only a small set of verifiable cases, with Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) being the clearest ...
Claims circulating online that “many” or specific cities in England all have Muslim mayors are misleading: multiple fact-checks find only a small number of currently serving directly elected mayors ar...
The claim that “four million Muslims took over a country of 60 million and control 50 cities including London” is false: UK census data records just under four million Muslims as a (approximately 6.0%...
The claim lists multiple English cities as having had Muslim mayors; independent reporting confirms , while other named places are partly or inconsistently described across sources. The discrepancy ar...
As of the November 2025 reporting in the provided sources, several high-profile global cities are led by Muslim mayors — notably London’s Sadiq Khan (serving his third term) and New York’s newly elect...
Several English towns and cities had Muslim individuals serving as mayors in 2024, but reporting shows a mix of executive (directly elected) mayors like London’s Sadiq Khan — re-elected in May 2024 as...
Sadiq Khan has publicly and officially rejected claims that he or London seeks to introduce , framing such claims as false and inflammatory while emphasizing London’s safety and inclusiveness; his off...
Reform UK is facing multiple, contemporaneous accusations of racism involving its leader Nigel Farage (allegations from former schoolmates, reported by The Guardian and others) and several party figur...
The claim that "Muslims control 50 cities in England including London" is and is not substantiated by the sources provided. Census and local-demography analyses document growing and significant Muslim...
Current, verifiable reporting shows one nationally prominent directly elected mayor in the UK who is openly Muslim — London’s Sadiq Khan — while claims that nine or a majority of UK mayors are Muslim ...
London’s Muslim communities and institutions stage a wide range of events year‑round — from tech conferences and shopping festivals to community meetups — alongside the city’s ubiquitous Christmas sea...
Available reporting does not provide a single, up‑to‑date percentage of English (or UK) mayors who are Muslim; fact‑checks note that some high‑profile mayors are Muslim (for example London’s Sadiq Kha...
Sadiq Khan’s 5 May 2016 election as Mayor of London is the earliest, well-documented instance of a Muslim being elected to a mayoralty of an English city, and multiple reputable profiles and histories...
Since 2000, a small but visible number of English cities have had Muslim individuals serve as mayors, but the claim that a large share or a majority of English cities have had Muslim mayors is unsuppo...
Available materials do not provide a definitive, sourced list of serving Muslim mayors of London boroughs in 2025. The documents reference prominent Muslim figures—most notably Sadiq Khan as Mayor of ...
The sources provided offer about how many Muslim mayors served in English cities in 2025: one set reports a notable increase with four Muslim women holding mayoral roles in 2025, while another set ide...
Sadiq Khan has not publicly endorsed Sharia law; instead he and his office have repeatedly rejected claims that he advocates imposing Sharia in London, calling such assertions “bigoted,” “racist” or “...