American Muslim leaders from six swing states, considered crucial in the US presidential elections, pledged to mobilize their communities against the re-election of President Joe Biden because of his support for the Israeli aggression on Gaza, but they have not yet decided on supporting an alternative candidate in the 2024 elections.

The six states are among the few that allowed Biden to win the 2020 elections. Opposition from their large Muslim and Arab American communities may complicate the president’s path to winning the electoral college votes next year.

Jelani Hussein, director of the Minnesota branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said during a press conference in Dearborn, Michigan, when asked about Biden’s alternatives, “We do not have two options, but many options.”

“We do not support (former President Donald) Trump,” he added, adding that the Muslim community would decide how to conduct interviews with other candidates.

Hussein said he was expressing his personal opinions, not those of Kiir.

The so-called “Abandon Biden” campaign began when Muslim Americans in Minnesota demanded that Biden call for a ceasefire in Gaza by October 31. The campaign extended to Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida.

American and Israeli officials reject pressures demanding a permanent cessation of fighting. Yesterday, Saturday, US Vice President Kamla Harris repeated Biden's statement that Israel has the right to defend itself.

The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Muslim Americans said they did not expect Trump to treat their community better if he was re-elected, but they saw depriving Biden of their votes as the only way to shape American policy.

It is not yet clear whether Muslim voters will turn against Biden en masse, but small shifts in support could make a difference in states that Biden narrowly won in 2020.

A recent poll showed that Biden's popularity among Arab Americans dropped from a comfortable majority in 2020 to 17 percent.

This could be decisive in a state like Michigan, where Biden won by 2.8 percentage points and Arab Americans represent 5 percent of the vote, according to the Arab American Institute.

Tariq Amin, a doctor who represents the Muslim community in Wisconsin, said that there are about 25,000 Muslim voters in the state, which Biden won by about 20,000 votes.

“We will change the vote and make it swing,” Amin said.

In Arizona, where Biden won by about 10,500 votes, pharmacist Hazem Nasr al-Din said that there are more than 25,000 Muslim voters in the state, according to the Center for American Immigration Policy at the University of California, San Diego.

He added, "We will not stand with a man who polluted a blue wave with drops of red blood."