‘We should be thankful to him’: why some Muslim voters stood by Trump

Despite the president's anti-Muslim policies, the margin between Trump and Biden among Muslim voters was closer than experts predicted

Dr Khalid Khan is an internal medicine physician in Houston, Texas. Even in the face of a pandemic that has cost almost quarter of a million American lives and administration that often seemed to demonize Islam, the doctor and self-proclaimed devout Muslim cast his ballot for Donald Trump.

When you eat a dish, you might not like every ingredient. But you like the whole dish. We should take the good and leave the bad," Khan said, comparing the US president to a mediocre meal.