(Anadolu) American Muslim leaders who refrained from backing Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris due to the Biden administration’s response to Gaza said their decision was rooted in what they perceive as its support for the “genocide” taking place there.
Following Republican nominee Donald Trump’s victory in the Nov. 5 election, representatives from several Muslim civil society organizations across the US held a press conference at the National Press Building in Washington, D.C., to outline their stance.
Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), highlighted that while American Muslims have historically aligned with the Democratic Party, the Biden-Harris administration’s silence on what he described as the “genocide” in Gaza, coupled with US arms transfers to Israel, drove many to reconsider their political loyalties.
