Abdul El-Sayed’s Father-in-Law Among Top Leaders of Muslim Brotherhood Org Linked to Terror Funding

The Washington Free Beacon ^ | 14 Jul, 2026 | Eliana Johnson

[MtnClimber]

Abdul El-Sayed’s father-in-law is a top donor to a super PAC supporting the left-wing Michigan Senate hopeful. He’s also a top donor to an Islamic organization identified by the federal government as a front group for the Muslim Brotherhood, the Free Beacon‘s Alana Goodman reports.

El-Sayed’s father-in-law, Jukaku Tayeb, has served on the Islamic Society of North America Founders Committee since at least 2007, according to the organization’s magazine, Islamic Horizons. That’s the same year the landmark terrorist financing case USA v. Holy Land FoundationThe ISNA and CAIR filed a motion challenging the unindicted co-conspirator label, by the way, but a federal judge ruled in 2009—while Jukaku served in leadership positions with both groups—that the Department of Justice had provided “ample evidence” linking them to Hamas. The Holy Land Foundation raised money for Hamas, for example, using a joint bank account with the ISNA, which deposited checks into the account that were “often made payable to ‘the Palestinian Mujahadeen,’ the original name for the Hamas military wing,” according to the ruling, which also cited a 1991 Muslim Brotherhood memo that described the ISNA as a member group and explained that the Muslim Brotherhood’s work in North America was aimed at “eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within.”

Program on Extremism at George Washington University director Lorenzo Vidino said the ISNA “was historically, no question, an organization created … by the Muslim Brotherhood and fellow travelers from the Indian subcontinent as basically the Islamist organization in America.” He noted that Tayeb was involved with the group “when they were putting out some really nasty stuff.” “To be on the founding committee, this is the elders of the organization,” Vidino told the Free Beacon. began. The case culminated in the conviction of the organization’s founders for funneling $12 million to Hamas. During the trial, federal prosecutors named the ISNA as an unindicted co-conspirator and one of eight entities “who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood.” Tayeb also led another group named as an unindicted co-conspirator, the Council on American–Islamic Relations—he served as president of CAIR’s Michigan chapter from 2005 to 2010 and remains a board member of the group.

As El-Sayed rails against the influence of money in politics, particularly from AIPAC, Jukaku has poured $200,000 into a super PAC supporting his candidacy.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: islam; jihad; moslem; radicalmuslims; waronterror

[MtnClimber]

Has El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic Party U.S. Senator Nomination?

No, the Michigan primary election is August 4. The Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate in Michigan are Haley Stevens, Abdul El-Sayed, Mallory McMorrow and Joe Tate. Mike Rogers and Frederick Heurtebise are the Republican Candidates. Lydia Christensen is running as an independent candidate.

[frank ballenger]

There are now many radical muslims in Michigan who will vote for this.

Yes, as well as young people and college students who say: "I heard he is against the Israelis and their genocide." "Me, too. Got my vote. He's cool."

And the always Dem, all the time voters here in Michigan.

I want my fellow conservatives to get off their recliner chairs and register and vote this time. There won't be many next times.