Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, the Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, has repeatedly denied any personal or family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization. He has called related claims “hearsay,” however, the record of his associations with the Muslim Brotherhood has slowly revealed itself, despite his lies and evasions.
The latest revelation is a video of El-Sayed speaking at the Muslim Students Association, a known Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organization. Indeed, the Muslim Brotherhood started the Muslim Students Association and the Muslim Students Association was the first Muslim Brotherhood affiliate to gain a foothold in the United States. The MSA is promoted by Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran and is the source, along with other Muslim Brotherhood-aligned organizations, of much of the Anti-Semitic direct action riots on American streets and college campuses.
And that’s on top of a long list of other associations ferreted out by online sleuths* and conservatives investigating his record, including:
- Half-sister Eman Abdelhadi (University of Chicago assistant professor; shares mother Fatten Elkomy): In 2012–2013 X/Twitter posts, she wrote that “My family has long been MB,” described talking with their mother about the mother’s “activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early 70s while she was in college,” stated that she had “family jailed for being a part of it,” and expressed concern for relatives supporting the MB in Egypt (“Praying for all my family that supports the #MB in Egypt. Lie low, stay safe”). She also referenced conversations with MB-linked relatives. (freebeacon.com)
- Mother Fatten Elkomy: Per the half-sister’s posts, active in MB circles as a student at Alexandria University (a known MB hub at the time) in the early 1970s. She later worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA), which the U.S. Treasury designated in 2004 for providing support to al-Qaeda and Hamas; court documents referenced her in connection with the organization. (freebeacon.com)
- El-Sayed has dismissed the posts as hearsay and said he has no knowledge of or conversations about such ties.
Father-in-law
- Tayeb Jukaku: Longtime board member/founding committee member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Federal prosecutors named ISNA as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror-financing trial, describing it in connection with Muslim Brotherhood networks in the U.S. He has also had roles with CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations), including in Michigan. ISNA and CAIR have disputed characterizations of the unindicted co-conspirator status as unproven allegations. (nationalreview.com)
El-Sayed’s own statements and associations
- 2011 writings: In a Huffington Post column (and related pieces), he urged U.S. support for Egyptian protesters against Hosni Mubarak and argued that even if the Muslim Brotherhood took power, the resulting state “would look nothing like Iran.” (bridgemi.com)
- 2012 open letter: Signed (as “Dr. Abdul Rahman El-Sayed” of New York, while a Columbia medical student) a statement with other Egyptian-American “leaders” published on the Egyptian site Al-Ahram Gate. It supported then-President Mohamed Morsi’s (MB-backed) decisions after he expanded his powers and called on him to “purge the media and the police as quickly as possible.” It also rejected calls for outside (U.S./European) intervention against the regime. Subsequent crackdowns on critical media occurred under Morsi. (dailywire.com)
- Praise for Tariq Ramadan: In a 2011 podcast interview, he cited Ramadan (grandson of MB founder Hassan al-Banna and son of a senior MB leader) as an author from whose “excellent” works he draws inspiration on Islam and the West. Ramadan has been controversial (including writings criticized as antisemitic) and was later convicted of rape in France. (worldisraelnews.com)
- Defense of Mohamed Soltan: In a since-deleted 2021 Substack post, he referred to Soltan (an American citizen and son of a senior Egyptian MB official) as his “friend” after Soltan was jailed in Egypt in connection with pro-Morsi/MB-related activities. (freebeacon.com)
Campaign donors
- Donations from individuals with documented or reported MB links, including:
- Abdul Mawgoud Dardery (former foreign affairs spokesman for the MB’s Freedom and Justice Party in Egypt).
- Board members of Life for Relief and Development (with which El-Sayed’s father and father-in-law have been associated) who appeared in a 1992 phone directory of U.S.-based Muslim Brotherhood leaders submitted in the Holy Land Foundation case, or who expressed support for the group.
- Others linked to groups such as the Islamic Association for Palestine (tied to Hamas/MB networks and shut down after liability findings related to Hamas funding). (freebeacon.com)
*Includes information compiled with the assistance of GROK AI.
