London’s new Muslim mayor joins Holocaust memorial

By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press DUBLIN — London’s newly elected Muslim mayor paid respect Sunday to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first public engagement in office — and received a hero’s welcome from London’s Jewish community at the end. Sadiq Khan attended the north London ceremony following a racially charged election campaign during which Conservative Party opponents sought to portray him as an apologist for Islamic extremism and to highlight cases of alleged anti-Semitism within the ranks of Khan’s Labor Party. London’s newly elected mayor Sadiq Khan, right, and Lord Levy arrive for the Yom HaShoah ceremony at Barnet Copthall Stadium in London, Sunday May 8, 2016. Khan joined an annual memorial to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first official act in office following a racially charged election campaign during which Conservative Party opponents sought to portray him as an apologist for Islamic extremism [...]