Trump earns endorsement from 'highly respected' Muslim leaders in battleground state

Former President Trump earned endorsements from "highly respected" Muslim leaders and Imams during a run rally successful nan battleground authorities of Michigan. 

Trump, speaking to a crowd in Novi, Michigan, connected Saturday afternoon, called nan group of Muslim leaders "highly respected," earlier bringing them onstage.

"I’m thrilled to judge nan endorsement of these highly respected leaders," Trump told nan thundering crowd.

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Former US President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump greets section leaders of nan Muslim organization who endorsed him onstage during a run rally astatine nan Suburban Collection Showplace successful Novi, Mich., Saturday.  (Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)

The group of leaders cited Trump’s committedness to ending wars and ensuring world bid arsenic a superior logic for their support, describing him arsenic a leader who "promises peace, not war."

"We, arsenic Muslims, guidelines pinch President Trump because he promises peace, not war!" Imam Belal Alzuhairi said. 

"We are supporting Donald Trump because he promised to extremity warfare successful nan Middle East and Ukraine," Alzuhairi said. "The bloodshed has to extremity each complete nan world, and I deliberation this man tin make that happen. I personally judge that God saved his life doubly for a reason."

Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Trump stands pinch section leaders of nan Muslim organization arsenic they endorsed him onstage during a run rally astatine nan Suburban Collection Showplace successful Novi, Mich.  (Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)

Mayor Bill Bazzi, nan first Muslim and Arab American elected politician of Dearborn Heights, Michigan was besides coming astatine nan rally to definitive support for Trump.

"What a bully endorsement," Trump said aft Bazzi’s speech. "These are awesome people."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks arsenic Hamtranck Mayor Amer Ghalib listens astatine a run office, Oct. 18, successful Hamtranck, Mich.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Muslim leaders charismatic endorsement came aft Amer Ghalib, nan politician of nan Detroit-area suburb Hamtramck, announced his support of Trump successful a Facebook station connected Oct. 20.

"Though it’s looking good, he whitethorn aliases whitethorn not triumph nan predetermination and beryllium nan 47th president of nan United States, but I judge he is nan correct prime for this captious time," Ghalib wrote successful Arabic connected his Facebook page. "I’ll not regret my determination nary matter what nan result would be, and I’m fresh to look nan consequences. For this, and for galore different reasons, I denote my support and endorsement for nan former, and hopefully, nan adjacent President of nan United States, Donald Trump."

Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib, 43, successful his City Hall agency successful Hamtramck, Mich., Sept. 10.  (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Ghalib’s endorsement of Trump comes aft nan 2 met successful Flint earlier this week for a backstage 20-minute conversation. 

Ghalib told The Detroit News that Trump "knew a batch astir maine earlier nan meeting." 

"We talked astir various topics including nan debates, nan polls updates, nan statistic of votes successful Michigan and Wayne County, nan Arab American concerns and nan Yemeni Americans successful particular. We besides talked astir nan business successful Yemen," Ghalib said. 

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Trump dances connected shape during a run rally Saturday successful Novi, Mich. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images))

Swing authorities status

The captious plaything authorities of Michigan has seen record-breaking early voting numbers truthful far.

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According to information connected nan Michigan Department of State’s dashboard, complete 1.2 cardinal voters in Michigan person already formed a ballot successful this year’s election, taking advantage of either early voting and mail-in balloting, while shattering nan erstwhile grounds for early ballot returns successful nan state.

Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz and Michael Lee contributed to this report.