The Dispute Index

Gad Saad

Portrait of Gad Saad

Evolutionary behavioral scientist, author, and political commentator.

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What DI has documented

DI has documented statements by Gad Saad on 2026 Midterm Elections and Islamophobia. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.

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Statements by Gad Saad

Portrait of Gad Saad

Gad Saad

Role at the time: Host of The Saad Truth, on his official YouTube channel

Condemned

Statement summary

Saad disputed El-Sayed's objection to Sharia bans, arguing that society could reject the legal principles he described.

“we have a right to decide which principles we wish to have organize our societies”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Gad Saad responds to El-Sayed on proposed Sharia bans · Gad Saad00:00 to 00:21 identifies the response; 05:27 to 05:55 conclusion
Why we used this label

The conclusion substantively rejects El-Sayed's objection and endorses excluding the legal principles Saad describes. Acknowledging that a ban may target Muslims does not withdraw or condition that rejection.

Read statementAbdul El-Sayed’s Sharia-law defense: religious freedom or support for religious government?
Portrait of Gad Saad

Gad Saad

Role at the time: Summit speaker, author, and political commentator

Defended or excused

Response to this claim

Yousef's remarks and the audience applause constituted anti-Muslim hate and warranted an apology and repudiation from the summit and its sponsors.

“There is no political Islam; no moderate Islam; no radical Islam; no violent Islam; no extreme Islam. There is only Islam.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Gad Saad post following the Jewish American Summit · Gad Saad
Why we used this label

The categorical statement about Islam supported the premise of the anti-Muslim rhetoric at issue.

Read statementMosab Hassan Yousef’s call for Muslims to leave the United States at the Jewish American Summit

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