Amy V. Doukoure
Role at the time: Lead staff attorney for the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Condemned
Statement summary
CAIR-MI attorney Amy V. Doukoure said that linking El-Sayed to bad actors, even through a false tie, stigmatizes him and the Muslim community.
“Just by tying him, even if it’s a false tie, to bad actors or whatnot, they are able to stigmatize him, because that is how they’ve been stigmatizing our community for decades.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Fact check: No evidence Abdul El-Sayed ‘pledged support’ to Muslim BrotherhoodLines 101–103, 109–110
Why we used this label
Doukoure challenged the characterization and effect of recurring attempts to link El-Sayed to alleged bad actors. Her statement predates and does not directly address Rogers’s specific campaign-finance allegation.