Abdul El-Sayed on Islamophobia

Statements and actions by Abdul El-Sayed on this topic.

Public disputes concerning hostility, prejudice, discrimination, or exclusion directed at Muslims or attributed to Muslim identity.

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Statement history

1 statement on this page. Dates: August 5, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: August 5, 2026

2 published statements. Dates: August 5, 2026 to August 24, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed
Role at the time: Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, interviewed by Jacob Soboroff on All In
August 5, 2026Condemned
Responding to
Abdul El-Sayed believes the United States deserved the September 11 attacks.
"So they’re going to use Islamophobia because their ideas are tired."
Why we used this label
The direct interview condemns divisive campaign conduct rather than just correcting attribution. Original reporting ties the answer specifically to the accusation; broader criticisms do not erase that link.
El-Sayed responds to Rogers’s attacks in his August 5 All In interview (opens in a new tab)

Original interview embedded at top, dated August 5; paragraphs quoting El-Sayed on division and Islamophobia

The broadcaster embeds the full August 5 interview and quotes El-Sayed’s response; its accompanying article was published August 6. The YouTube mirror is ZxcOGYPE16w. Automated extraction of that mirror returned an incomplete caption manifest, so no claim of a complete independently checked YouTube transcript is made. The broadcaster’s text and PolitiFact corroborate the response and date.

Read statement Mike Rogers’s 9/11 accusation against Abdul El-Sayed