Even The New York Times Is Reporting El-Sayed Backed Muslim Brotherhood Power Grab

Even The New York Times is now reporting that Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed signed a 2012 letter urging Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president to “purge the media and police,” echoing a revelation previously reported by the Washington Free Beacon.

Published in Arabic on the Egyptian news website Al-Ahram Gate in November 2012, days after then-Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi issued a sweeping declaration expanding his powers and shielding his decisions from judicial review, the letter backed what it called Morsi’s “revolutionary decisions,” according to the Washington Free Beacon.

The Times discusses the letter under the heading “An Open Letter and Family Scrutiny,” while framing its report around what it calls “ugly attacks and pointed questions about family members.” But the letter concerns El-Sayed’s own actions.

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Several branches of the Muslim Brotherhood have been designated terrorist organizations by the Trump administration, which has stepped up efforts to curb the Islamist movement’s international network. The designations include affiliates in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Sudan.

The letter listed 46 signatories identified as leaders of the Egyptian-American community, including a “Dr. Abdul Rahman El-Sayed” of New York. The Free Beacon, citing sources familiar with Arabic-language media, identified him as the same person now running for Senate in Michigan. The Times reported that El-Sayed signed the letter while in medical school.

His campaign aides declined to answer the Times’ questions about the 2012 letter. El-Sayed has publicly disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood, and his campaign denies any connection to it.

The letter came after Morsi sparked widespread criticism that he was consolidating authoritarian rule.

“We, leaders of the Egyptian community, support the revolutionary decisions taken by the president, and we call on him to purge the media and the police as quickly as possible,” the letter stated.

The signatories also rejected calls for Western governments to oppose Morsi’s administration, saying they “strongly reject those voices that are courting America and Europe to take a position against the Egyptian regime.”

The Times describes the letter as seeking the removal of supporters of the dictatorship toppled during the Arab Spring. It also notes that Morsi was Egypt’s first democratically elected president and established good working relations with the United States.

Morsi’s power grab drew condemnation from Egyptian lawmakers and human rights groups. Human Rights Watch warned that his actions undermined the rule of law. In the months that followed, Egyptian authorities pursued journalists accused of insulting Islam and the president, while critical coverage faced increasing restrictions, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Egypt’s military removed Morsi from power in 2013. The government subsequently banned the Muslim Brotherhood and designated it a terrorist organization.

The Washington Free Beacon also reported that El-Sayed defended the Muslim Brotherhood in 2011 articles published in The Huffington Post and The Guardian, arguing that Americans should not assume the movement would govern like Iran or Hamas.

El-Sayed’s mother, Fatten Elkomy, has also come into the spotlight for her previous work in Missouri for the Islamic American Relief Agency, a charity designated by the U.S. government as a supporter of terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda. Founded in 1985, the organization raised at least $20 million before closing in 2004 following the designation. The Times reported that Elkomy was never accused of wrongdoing.

Founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, the Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamist movement that seeks to establish a society governed by Islamic law and has influenced Islamist groups throughout the Middle East and Africa, including Hamas, which the United States designates as a foreign terrorist organization.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has warned that El-Sayed’s alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood could pose a national security risk. Cruz said on his podcast that an El-Sayed victory could create an “unprecedented national security risk,” adding that granting him access to classified information through Senate committees could put American service members in danger.

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