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Imam Urges Muslims to Support El-Sayed, Praises Graham’s Death

8/8/2026

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Abdul El-Sayed, 41, narrowly beat Rep. Haley Stevens to win Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination.
Imam Mohammad Baqer Qazwini praised Sen. Lindsey Graham’s July 11 death and urged prayers for U.S. President Donald Trump’s death in a sermon.
Qazwini later urged Michigan Muslims to vote for El-Sayed, calling the election a moral responsibility and religious duty.
U.S. President Donald Trump called El-Sayed a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel.

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Abdul El-Sayed, 41, narrowly beat Rep. Haley Stevens to win Michigan’s Democratic Senate nomination.
Imam Mohammad Baqer Qazwini praised Sen. Lindsey Graham’s July 11 death and urged prayers for U.S. President Donald Trump’s death in a sermon.
Qazwini later urged Michigan Muslims to vote for El-Sayed, calling the election a moral responsibility and religious duty.
U.S. President Donald Trump called El-Sayed a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel.