Michigan Muslim Socialist Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed received over $25,000 from at least six men who co-signed a letter supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and calling for the organization to “purge” media and police in Egypt. The donations were reported by the Washington Free Beacon on Thursday. El-Sayed has faced an avalanche of criticism over his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The latest revelation is a 2012 letter in which 46 “leaders of the Egyptian community” in the United States backed a purge of the country’s media and police days after the country’s then-leader, Mohamad Morsi, unilaterally granted himself new powers.
“Dr. Abdul Rahman El-Sayed” of New York was the 33rd signature on the letter, the publication of which coincided with his time attending medical school at Columbia University, the Free Beacon reported. The letter in part said the signers support the “revolutionary actions” of Morsi and derided voices in America and Europe that opposed the new regime. One of El-Sayed’s fellow signers who has donated to El-Sayed is Dr. Hany Saqr, who identified himself as part of the “Egyptian Association in America.” He contributed at least $1,000 to El-Sayed’s senate campaign.
