Abdul El-Sayed

Government & Politics

Ex-Biden officials microtarget Dearborn in Facebook ads soliciting funds for anti-Israel lobbying effort A New Policy, led by former Biden officials, accuses AIPAC of 'weaponiz[ing] Jewish identity'

October 6, 2025   

(Free Beacon) An anti-Israel group started by two federal officials who resigned from the Biden administration over U.S. support for Israel is soliciting residents of Dearborn, Mich., a hotbed of anti-Israel and pro-Hamas sentiment, to fund its “professional lobbying force” to pressure […]

Government & Politics

Ro Khanna told Free Beacon he would reject Hamas at anti-Israel conference. He railed against AIPAC instead Khanna, considered a 2028 presidential hopeful, said 'speaking at ArabCon is important'

September 29, 2025   

(Free Beacon) Rep. Ro Khanna, the Silicon Valley Democrat eyeing a presidential run in 2028, told the Washington Free Beacon last week he planned to reject Hamas at a controversial Arab-American political convention in Michigan this weekend. He didn’t, railing instead against […]

Government & Politics

Three rising Democratic stars to appear alongside Hamas lovers at anti-Israel conference in America’s ‘Jihad Capital’ Abdul El-Sayed, Rep. Ro Khanna, and Michigan lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist are all slated to appear at ArabCon

September 25, 2025   

(Free Beacon) A trio of rising Democratic Party stars are slated to speak at an anti-Israel convention this week alongside a deep roster of Hamas sympathizers and anti-Semites. Michigan Senate candidate and former CNN contributor Abdul El-Sayed (D.), Rep. Ro Khanna (D., […]

Government & Politics

‘Out-vote the hate’: Tlaib and Omar call for large Muslim turnout At virtual event hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders, the congresswomen and other prominent US Muslims called for 'historic' turnout to defeat Trump

October 14, 2020   

(Middle East Eye) Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar along with other prominent Muslim Americans have called for high voter turnout from their community to push back against bigotry and defeat President Donald Trump in next month’s election. Speaking at a virtual […]

Government & Politics

Bernie Sanders endorsed by Muslim group, Iowa’s sole Muslim state lawmaker The senator from Vermont has been a top contender among Muslim American voters in the Democratic presidential contest.

January 31, 2020   

(HuffPost) The national board of the Muslim Caucus of America as well [as] Iowa state Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad announced their endorsements of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for the 2020 presidential election. “What you have here is an individual who stands up for […]

FGM

Rep. Ilhan Omar was asked to condemn female genital mutilation — again. She was not happy Omar said she was 'disgusted' that she keeps getting asked questions that wouldn't be asked of non-Muslim politicians.

July 23, 2019   

(BuzzFeed) Rep. Ilhan Omar gave a polite verbal thrashing to an audience member who asked her to condemn female genital mutilation during a conference in DC on Tuesday, saying she’s “disgusted” by some of the questions asked solely of Muslim politicians. The […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

It’s 2019 and Democratic presidential candidates are ignoring Muslim voters Muslim organizers say the candidates’ lack of interest in an upcoming gathering reflects a much larger apathy toward their community.

July 19, 2019   

(HuffPost) The president of the United States stood tall and proud at his North Carolina rally as the crowd chanted loudly for him to deport Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), one of the first two Muslim women in Congress. Just days before, Donald Trump had […]

Government & Politics

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders work to elect first Muslim governor The progressive icons are going all-in for Abdul El-Sayed, a 33-year-old physician running an underdog campaign for Michigan governor.

August 4, 2018   

(Politico) Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are joining forces to elect an underdog but potentially history-making candidate on the ballot in Michigan next week: Abdul El-Sayed, a 33-year-old physician who would be the nation’s first Muslim governor. Sanders is spending the final […]

Government & Politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Dearborn voters she needs ‘posse’ to ‘throw down’ in Congress

July 30, 2018   

(Breitbart) New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday urged Michigan voters to elect a “posse” of progressive candidates to help the democratic socialist “throw down” in Congress. Appearing alongside Women’s March co-founder Linda Sarsour and Democrat Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Ocasio-Cortez […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Michigan lawmaker suggests Muslim candidate faces hurdles due to his faith Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell is among those backing someone else in her party’s gubernatorial race.

July 15, 2018   

(HuffPost) Rep. Debbie Dingell implied Saturday that Muslim Abdul El-Sayed, a fellow Democrat seeking the party’s gubernatorial nomination in Michigan, would face more obstacles because of his faith in the general election than the candidate she supports. Dingell, like virtually all of […]