# Michigan Senate rivals clash over Muslim Brotherhood allegations as Rogers doubles down on El-Sayed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/michigan-senate-rivals-clash-over-muslim-brotherhood-allegations-as-rogers-doubles-down-on-el-sayed/
- Published: 2026-10-24T01:45:50+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:07:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/michigan-senate-rivals-clash-muslim-brotherhood-allegations-rogers-doubles-down-el-sayed
- Topics: Business, Government, Markets, Politics, World

## Key points

- El-Sayed denied Muslim Brotherhood ties and pledged loyalty to the Constitution.
- Rogers repeated allegations that El-Sayed had adopted the group’s ideology.
- The rivals also disagreed over Iran and Michigan’s economy.

## Summary

Michigan Senate rivals Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers traded accusations in separate interviews, with El-Sayed saying Rogers was questioning his loyalty because of his Muslim faith. Rogers maintained that El-Sayed had embraced Muslim Brotherhood ideology, while El-Sayed denied any personal or family ties to the organisation and said he would be loyal to the US Constitution.

The dispute drew on a 2012 letter concerning decisions by former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and social media posts by El-Sayed’s half-sister about their mother; neither establishes that El-Sayed belonged to the group. El-Sayed has explicitly disavowed it, and the FBI has declined to confirm or deny whether his sister-in-law was on a terrorist watchlist. The candidates also clashed over the Iran war and Michigan’s economy: Rogers cited 27,000 lost manufacturing jobs and high car insurance costs, while El-Sayed linked the conflict to rising prices.

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