Abdul El-Sayed as a Muslim Brotherhood Asset and National Security Threat in the Senate
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The Gist
The author says Abdul El-Sayed lied when he denied Muslim Brotherhood ties, pointing to his mother's and half-sister's past, his donors, and one remark about Iran. He concludes El-Sayed would work for Islamist groups and endanger U.S. security if elected, so Republican Mike Rogers has to win.
Conclusion
Abdul El-Sayed is a covert agent of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamism who would be a grave national security threat as a U.S. senator, so Mike Rogers must win the Michigan Senate race to keep the Brotherhood from gaining an asset in the Senate.
Premises
- El-Sayed's mother, Fatten Elkomy, was active in the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 1970s, and his half-sister Eman Abdelhadi has said her family 'has long been MB.' El-Sayed nonetheless denied any family ties to the Brotherhood on Meet the Press.
- Elkomy worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency, which the Treasury Department designated a terrorist organization in 2004 for financially supporting al-Qaeda, and she was working there on 9/11.
- El-Sayed's campaign has received large donations, about $200,000 from his father-in-law (an ISNA founding committee member) and a similar six-figure sum from current or former CAIR officials. The author describes ISNA and CAIR as Brotherhood front groups, and both were named unindicted coconspirators in the 2008 Holy Land Foundation case.
- Brotherhood clerics have long encouraged Islamists to infiltrate Western countries and gain positions of prominence in order to move those countries toward Islamism, and El-Sayed's half-sister's academic career and his Senate run fit this pattern.
- El-Sayed reportedly wants a seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and senators do not need security clearances, so he would have access to sensitive intelligence that he could pass to hostile actors.
- After Ali Khamenei's assassination, El-Sayed noted that 'there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad today,' which the author reads as sympathy with Iran while the U.S. is at war with it.
Assumptions
- Family members' political and religious affiliations reliably indicate a candidate's own loyalties and intentions.
- Donations from organizations or individuals tied to ISNA and CAIR show control by, or alignment with, the Brotherhood, and a candidate who accepts them serves their agenda.
- The Brotherhood's alleged infiltration strategy is being carried out by El-Sayed personally, with no need for direct evidence.
- El-Sayed's denial is dishonest, and the author's 'taqiyya' framing makes any denial counted as further evidence of guilt.
- A comment noting local grief in Dearborn expresses personal allegiance to Iran rather than describing his constituents.
- Ethnic, religious, or family ties to Islamist movements make a person a security risk, regardless of their own conduct or statements.
- Muslim Brotherhood affiliation implies support for Hamas, al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Iran, despite their differences and rivalries.