Michigan Muslims Endorse Trump

Obama expresses bewilderment

At a rally in Oakland County, Michigan last weekend, leaders of the Muslim community publicly endorsed Donald Trump for President of the United States. On stage at the rally, Imam Belal Alzuhairi declared:

“We as Muslims stand with President Trump because he promises peace…not war. We are supporting Donald Trump because he promised to end war in the Middle East and Ukraine. The bloodshed has to stop all over the world, and I think he can make that happen.”

Imam Alzuhari and other Muslim leaders like Mayor Amer Ghalib of Hamtramck have ties to the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the civil rights wing of Hamas. This is cause for great concern. However, there is a much more complex picture emerging that involves a diverse Muslim American populace with voter issues that have nothing to do with the Arab-Israeli conflict or an anti-American agenda. Two years ago, Muslim and Christian parents converged on a Dearborn Schoolboard meeting to protest the sexualization of their children as parental love and protection prove to be a unifying principle. Imam Belal Alzuhairi gave further insight:

We support Donald Trump for his commitment to promoting family values and protecting our children’s well-being especially when it comes to curriculum in schools. We believe he will be a President for all Americans embracing every race, color, and religion. We want a strong border and we agree that anyone who wants to is welcome, but he has to do that through legal pathway. We are with President Trump because we want a strong economy.

This latest development in the 2024 election was so unexpected that even President Obama is reeling.

In 2016, a victorious Trump received 17% of the Muslim vote. After four years of arguably the most pro-Israel, anti-Palestinian terror administration in US history, the Muslim vote for Donald Trump more than doubled to 35%. Why are Muslims in increasing numbers choosing the Republican candidate? And what could this mean for Israel’s peace and security, peace in the region, and rising antisemitism in the US and on US college campuses?

I will address this crucial issue in a special, delayed edition of Truth to Power Live with Dumisani Washington on Wednesday, October 30th at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific. You can join the program live on multiple social media platforms linked on the homepage or watch the podcast available later in the day.

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