Ten days before the 2024 presidential election, Republican nominee former President Donald Trump earned a key endorsement from Muslim leaders in the battleground state of Michigan.

"I’m thrilled to accept the endorsement of these highly respected leaders," Trump told a thundering crowd at a rally in Novi, Michigan as he brought them on stage.

The leaders said they were supporting Trump because of his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and end wars everywhere.

"We, as Muslims, stand with President Trump because he promises peace, not war!" Imam Belal Alzuhairi said.

"The bloodshed has to stop"

"We are supporting Donald Trump because he promised to end war in the Middle East and Ukraine," Alzuhairi said. "The bloodshed has to stop all over the world, and I think this man can make that happen. I personally believe that God saved his life twice for a reason."

"We're going to stop the wars, we're going to make the United States safe again, and we're going to make the world safe," Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi, the first Muslim-American and Arab mayor there, said.

"What a nice endorsement," Trump said after Bazzi’s speech. "These are great people."

The endorsement followed one by Detroit suburb Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib on October 20.

"Though it’s looking good, he may or may not win the election and be the 47th president of the United States, but I believe he is the right choice for this critical time," Ghalib wrote in Arabic on Facebook. "I’ll not regret my decision no matter what the outcome would be, and I’m ready to face the consequences. For this, and for many other reasons, I announce my support and endorsement for the former, and hopefully, the next President of the United States, Donald Trump."

A meeting

Trump met with Ghalib briefly before the endorsement, and Ghalib then said Trump "knew a lot about me before the meeting."

"We talked about various topics including the debates, the polls updates, the statistics of votes in Michigan and Wayne County, the Arab American concerns and the Yemeni Americans in particular. We also talked about the situation in Yemen," Ghalib said.

Early voting is underway in Michigan, and a record 1.2 million voters have already voted there.

Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris leads Trump by .3% in Michigan, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average, but Trump has momentum and could still pull ahead there. 

Most pundits feel that the election is too close to call and that either candidate could win.