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Mike Rogers Accuses Abdul El-Sayed of Lying on Brotherhood

By Drooid · Oct 13, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) denied family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood on Meet the Press.
Nominee Mike Rogers (R-MI) accused El-Sayed of lying and turned the interview into an ad.
Eman Abdelhadi posted on X in June 2012 that family “has long been MB.”
Fatten Elkomy worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency, a designated terrorist group.
Rogers claimed El-Sayed received donations from groups backing Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah and al-Qaida.

History

Historical Context

In August 1998 al-Qaida bombed the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, killing 224 and wounding over 4,000, leading Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to label the group terrorist and prompting President Bill Clinton’s Operation Infinite Reach. That precedent fuels ongoing U.S. scrutiny of overseas terrorist links, now cited in accusations against Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed for alleged Hamas, Hezbollah and al-Qaida connections.

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Story summary

Candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) denied family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood on Meet the Press.
Nominee Mike Rogers (R-MI) accused El-Sayed of lying and turned the interview into an ad.
Eman Abdelhadi posted on X in June 2012 that family “has long been MB.”
Fatten Elkomy worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency, a designated terrorist group.
Rogers claimed El-Sayed received donations from groups backing Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah and al-Qaida.

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