Here is the part that stops you cold. The Muslim Brotherhood celebrated one specific race win across the entire United States this year. That victory belonged to Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat running for Senate in Michigan. Per Daily Wire, the group posted on their website to praise his primary win. They did not just watch from the sidelines. They cheered for him.
El-Sayed wants you to think this is all about bigotry. He says asking him to disavow the group is like asking about the pope. That is not what happened in the room. A young man named Tommy simply asked if he would “would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.” El-Sayed shot back, asking “Why are you asking the question?” Townhall reported he tried to paint the questioner as a bigot instead of giving a straight answer.
Let’s look at what the group says about itself. It is not a vague social club. Their own words leave no room for doubt. The Daily Wire notes their enduring slogan is clear. They say: “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Quran is our constitution. Jihad is our way. Dying in the path of Allah is our highest hope.”
This is a revolutionary plan, not a prayer group. They do not see our laws as the final word. They view them as tools to use until they can change things. The group was founded in 1928 with a clear goal to restore Islamic rule. It has a history of plotting and targeting opponents. This is not a theory. It is their stated path.
Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee, sees the danger clearly. He told Breitbart News that this fight is about “the way you think. It’s not about the way you pray.” Rogers served in the military. He said, “I wore the uniform of the United States.” Because my son in the United States wore the uniform, my family and we are proud that you may pray however you choose.
Rogers points to a 2012 letter El-Sayed signed. It supported Mohamed Morsi when he took over Egypt. Rogers said the letter called for purging the police and the press. That is a serious claim about a candidate who wants to sit in the Senate. Rogers also noted that El-Sayed cannot condemn a Hezbollah-inspired attack on a Michigan synagogue where they tried to kill 130 schoolchildren. According to reports, failing to identify that mistake means “you have no business being in the United States Senate”.
The money trail raises more questions. Rogers alleged that people who support Hamas financially are backing El-Sayed. He said the Council on American-Islamic Relations funneled about $400,000 into his campaign. This organization is openly supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood. Rogers said the father-in-law of El-Sayed once headed that group. These are the facts on the table.
El-Sayed tries to compare his situation to Catholics in the past. He mentions John F. Kennedy to make his point. But the comparison does not hold up. Kennedy laid groundwork for politicians to say their faith did not impact their public life. We are not asking El-Sayed to hide his faith. We are asking him to reject a group that says jihad is their way.
The group itself admits that Hamas is “one of the wings of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine”. Their charter calls for the obliteration of Israel. If this group has that much power, why would anyone trust them with a US Senate seat? The answer is not in the press releases. It is in the actions and the words they refuse to deny.
El-Sayed has not answered the question. He keeps dodging. The voters in Michigan need to know the truth before November.
