It seems like Abdul El-Sayed is racking up a ton of endorsements after his win in the Michigan Democratic senatorial primary this week. Some of them, however, he might not be touting too loudly on his campaign page.

This includes a fawning write-up in Ikhwan Online, an official media outlet of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to a report from Michigan-based online conservative outlet The Midwesterner.

The move comes after numerous groups raised questions about ties between El-Sayed’s campaign and Brotherhood-linked organizations. The Muslim Brotherhood, which originated in Egypt, is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and a number of other countries.

On Wednesday, after El-Sayed’s narrow victory over U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens was made official, Ikhwan Online could scarcely maintain its jubilance (while giving a shoutout to “squad” member Rashida Tlaib for her own primary victory Tuesday). From a computer translation of the original Arabic text:

The American doctor of Egyptian origin, Abdel Rahman “Abdoul” Al-Sayed, on Wednesday, snatched the Democratic Party’s candidacy card to compete for the Michigan state seat in the US Senate midterm elections, in a result described as a new setback for pro-occupation lobby groups, after surpassing Rep. Hailey Stevens, supported by the American Zionist Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

American media confirmed that Al-Sayed won the Democratic Party nomination after a fierce competition with Stevens, which received wide support from pro-occupation lobby groups, while US MP of Palestinian origin, Rashida Tlaib, achieved a new victory in the primaries of Michigan’s 12th District, according to the Associated Press. 

The competition took place between Al-Sayed, a former public health official known for his progressive positions in support of Palestinian rights, and Stevens, a member of the House of Representatives for four consecutive sessions, which is one of the most prominent pro-occupation figures within the Democratic Party.

I don’t remember Haley Stevens being a prominent anything, much less a “prominent pro-occupation” voice, but I’m guessing anyone to the right of Rashida Tlaib qualifies thusly.

However, you have to give them credit for subtlety: “Abdul Rahman al-Sayyid conquers the Zionists and runs for the Senate,” the headline read.

And Republicans, naturally, got some mileage out of it:

Yikes, a Democrat US Senate candidate being celebrated by the Muslim Brotherhood.https://t.co/uPZOw1RHMo

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) August 7, 2026

It’s unclear how much of a blessing from Muslim Brotherhood leadership this had — if any — but it highlights an already problematic and uncomfortable closeness between El-Sayed’s campaign and Muslim Brotherhood-linked organizations.

In July, the Washington Free Beacon reported that El-Sayed’s father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku, who was one of his campaign’s biggest donors, was also a leader in the Islamic Society of North America, an unindicted co-conspirator in a 2007 terrorist financing case.

In court documents, prosecutors labeled ISNA one of several entities “who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood,” the Free Beacon reported.

Jukaku also served as the president of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, another Muslim Brotherhood-linked organization that was named as a co-conspirator in the 2007 case.

The should be an albatross around El-Sayed’s neck in the upcoming general election, but it should also serve as a warning sign, Republicans say.

At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, after El-Sayed’s victory, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said that the Democrats’ campaign apparatus “is now openly embracing terrorist organizations waging war on America.”

"Behind El-Sayed's political rise sits a much older and more entrenched institutional network,” he added.

And if alcohol wasn’t haram, it’s clear from the article at Ikhwan Online that there would be champagne corks popping at Muslim Brotherhood headquarters all over the world.

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