El-Sayed denies family Muslim Brotherhood ties as sister's posts surface
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said on Meet the Press that he and his family have no ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, after posts from his half-sister describing family involvement were reported.
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Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed met in their second and final Michigan Senate debate in Detroit, where Rogers said El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and asked whether he is for America or terrorist groups overseas.3(source: story 3, Oct 21)
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On NBC's Meet the Press, Kristen Welker asked Abdul El-Sayed whether he or his family had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, and El-Sayed answered no.
El-Sayed's half-sister Eman Abdelhadi wrote in a 2012 post about their mother's activism in the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 1970s while in college.
Abdelhadi also wrote in 2012 that her family has long been MB and in 2013 asked for prayers for family members supporting the MB in Egypt.
Their mother, Fatten Elkomy, attended Alexandria University, which a Brookings Institution report described as having strong Muslim Brotherhood activity in the 1970s.
El-Sayed suggested his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, was floating Islamophobic attacks against him and his family.
Washington Free Beacon: Abdul El-Sayed’s Mother Was Active in Muslim Brotherhood in College, Sister Said
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Right-leaning outlets report that El-Sayed denied family Muslim Brotherhood ties on Meet the Press while his half-sister's old posts described their mother's activism in the group.
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Calls El-Sayed denial contradicted by sister's posts
TheBlaze: On 'Meet the Press,' El-Sayed denied his family's ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Hours later, the receipts landed.
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Far-right outlets frame El-Sayed's denial of family Muslim Brotherhood ties as contradicted by his half-sister's posts and criticize his response to the questioning.
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