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Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has denied allegations concerning his family’s purported historical connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, as the issue became part of a dispute in his campaign.
The claims have centered on social media posts from El-Sayed’s half-sister, University of Chicago professor Eman Abdelhadi. In posts from 2012 and 2013, Abdelhadi wrote that their family had supported the organization and said their mother, Fatten Elkomy, had been involved in activism with the group while at Alexandria University in Egypt in the 1970s.
El-Sayed said neither he nor his family has ties to the organization. He said he was born in 1984 and raised in Michigan, and described questions about the family history as unverified hearsay. He has also called the allegations Islamophobic attacks promoted by his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers.
Abdelhadi defended her brother at a university event, saying his policy positions had remained unchanged during the campaign despite his appearance with former President Barack Obama. She did not address the earlier social media posts at that event.
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