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The report notes that El‑Sayed’s father‑in‑law, Tayeb Jukaku, serves on the boards of the Council on American‑Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America, both described as subsidiaries of the Muslim Brotherhood. It also records that El‑Sayed signed an open letter in 2012 while in medical school, addressed to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, urging a purge of media and police supporters of the former dictatorship."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The article lists several public appearances that it says further connect El‑Sayed to extremist networks. He is reported to have attended the opening of a mosque in June that was headed by Imam Hassan Qazwini, who urged congregants to vote for El‑Sayed to \"deal the Zionists a blow\" and praised Iran’s stance against the United States. El‑Sayed also spent Labor Day weekend at an ISNA convention in Detroit where a speaker warned that \"America is going down.\""},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Additional allegations include El‑Sayed’s repeated appearances with Dearborn imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, described as a former Iranian Revolutionary Guard official, and a claim that his mother worked for the Islamic American Relief Agency, allegedly laundering money to al‑Qaeda, the Taliban and Hamas. The report concludes by questioning why ABC News has not investigated these connections despite coverage by other outlets."},{"type":"pullquote","text":"Rogers, without evidence, attempt[ed] to link el‑Sayed to Islamic extremism.","author":"Jay O'Brien, GMA host"},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left‑ or centre‑rated outlets ran this story, leaving their audiences without any reporting on the alleged connections between Dr Abdul El‑Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"NRSC","url":"https://nrsc.org/press-releases/confirmed-abdul-signed-letter-in-support-of-muslim-brotherhood-2026-10-22","headline":"Confirmed: Abdul Signed Letter in Support of Muslim Brotherhood","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T16:13:17.259Z"},{"sourceName":"WIN","url":"https://worldisraelnews.com/el-sayeds-muslim-brotherhood-backers-who-urged-a-media-and-police-purge-pour-thousands-into-his-campaign","headline":"El-Sayed’s Muslim Brotherhood backers who urged a media and police 'purge' pour thousands into his campaign","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T16:12:27.000Z"},{"sourceName":"New York Post","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/22/us-news/abdul-el-sayed-under-fire-for-once-signing-letter-urging-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-to-purge-media-and-police","headline":"El-Sayed under fire for once signing letter urging Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to ‘purge media and police’","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T12:47:58.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Political Wire","url":"https://politicalwire.com/2026/10/22/gop-targets-el-sayed-with-muslim-brotherhood-allegations","headline":"GOP Targets El-Sayed with Muslim Brotherhood Allegations","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T10:59:11.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Hot Air","url":"https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2026/10/22/abc-other-than-the-letter-and-the-money-what-evidence-does-rogers-have-on-el-sayed-n3820210","headline":"ABC: Other Than the Letter and the Money, What Evidence Does Rogers Have on El-Sayed?","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T10:40:10.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Conservative Review","url":"https://conservativereview.com/el-sayeds-fellow-muslim-brotherhood-supporters-who-signed-letter-with-him-urging-brotherhood-to-purge-the-media-and-police-have-poured-thousands-into-his-campaign-2678124867.html","headline":"El-Sayed’s Fellow Muslim Brotherhood Supporters, Who Signed Letter With Him Urging Brotherhood To ‘Purge’ the Media and Police, Have Poured Thousands Into His Campaign","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T09:00:03.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Washington Free Beacon","url":"https://freebeacon.com/democrats/el-sayeds-fellow-muslim-brotherhood-supporters-who-signed-letter-with-him-urging-brotherhood-to-purge-the-media-and-police-have-poured-thousands-into-his-campaign","headline":"El-Sayed’s Fellow Muslim Brotherhood Supporters, Who Signed Letter With Him Urging Brotherhood To ‘Purge’ the Media and Police, Have Poured Thousands Into His Campaign","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T09:00:03.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Daily Wire","url":"https://dailywire.com/news/even-the-new-york-times-is-reporting-el-sayed-backed-muslim-brotherhood-power-grab","headline":"Even The New York Times Is Reporting El-Sayed Backed Muslim Brotherhood Power Grab","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T19:35:25.000Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":0,"centre":12,"right":88},"count":{"left":0,"centre":1,"right":7},"totalSources":8,"untracked":0,"rated":8,"observedAt":"2026-10-22T17:15:23.306747+00:00"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-10-22T17:30:35.491Z","closedAt":null,"checks":7,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":[],"centre":[],"right":["Hot Air foregrounded a series of alleged ties between El‑Sayed and organisations linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, focusing on family board memberships, a super‑PAC funded by his father‑in‑law, and public events with controversial imams. 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