LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s recent assertion that there was a push to apply Islamic Sharia law in London, calling it “nonsense” and defending London Mayor Sadiq Khan in rare criticism of the U.S. president.

Trump earlier this week at the United Nations delivered a sweeping criticism of immigration policies in Europe. He singled out the UK capital, saying “now they want to go to Sharia law” and calling Khan a “terrible, terrible mayor”.

“The idea of the introduction of Sharia law is nonsense and Sadiq Khan is a very good man,” Starmer told ITV London. He added that there are few things he disagrees with Trump on, “but I’m very clear, this is one of them”.

Khan, who represents Starmer’s centre-left Labour Party, in 2016 became

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