August 18, 2026

Michigan Democrat Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is under fresh scrutiny after commentator Natalie Winters alleged his mother helped process overseas transfers for an Islamic charity later convicted of secretly funneling $1.375 million into Saddam-era Iraq and blacklisted over alleged ties to al-Qaeda, Hamas and the Taliban. The organization, Islamic American Relief Agency-USA, was shut down by the federal government in 2016 for sanctions violations — a damning backdrop that now raises new questions about the candidate’s family ties and judgment as his campaign heads into a brutal fight.

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