Abdul El-Sayeds denial on Muslim Brotherhood ties provides opening for Mike Rogers

WASHINGTON – Republican Mike Rogers and his allies are calling Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a liar for denying any family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood – and are bringing receipts.El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for the open Michigan seat, emphatically told “Meet the Press” over the weekend “no” when asked if he or his family is connected to the Islamic group known for its radical offshoots.But resurfaced tweets from his half-sister, University of Chicago Professor Eman Abdelhadi, show support for the Muslim Brotherhood.

She even claimed her mother was an active member.“Had an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college #respect,” Abdelhadi wrote in a 2012 X post, as first reported by the Washington Free Beacon.“My family has long been MB, but I’ve always felt that it has navigated the political sphere poorly/destructively,” she later wrote in 2012.El-Sayed also served as Abdelhadi’s guardian during her Sharia marriage, according to paperwork reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.The Muslim Brotherhood, which advocates for Sharia Law, has been designated a terrorist organization by Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia due to its violent offshoots like Hamas.Notably, the US has not designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization, though Washington has done so for several of its offshoots.Rogers, whose allies are running ads painting El-Sayed as a Muslim extremist, has been slightly trailing in the polls in the toss-up election race for the seat vacated by retiring Sen.

Gary Peters (D-Mich.)If he wins, El-Sayed would become the first-ever Muslim elected to the US Senate, and his allies are accusing Rogers of trafficking in Islamophobia.“Abdul is a dad and a doctor,” the El-Sayed campaign told The Post.“He has spent his entire career working to keep Michiganders healthy and safe.”“Independent fact-checkers have repeatedly debunked Mike’s...