Abdul El-Sayed: It's Racist to Reject Sharia

Muslim Senate candidate says Christians who want to ban Sharia law are white supremacists

In 2009, Abdul El-Sayed told the New York Times that he felt an “obligation” to follow Islamic Sharia in everything he does.

El-Sayed recently swept Michigan’s Democrat Senate primary election, handily beating longtime, non-Muslim Congresswoman Haley Stevens.

Now he’s trying to shut down proposed nationwide bans on Sharia by falsely labeling the efforts as “white supremacy.” But protecting Americans from Sharia, which makes apostasy a capital crime and wipes away constitutional protections, including religious liberty, is not racism. Instead, it's vital and necessary action to secure America's survival.

The number of Muslims winning political office in America is growing. Congress must move now to ban Sharia before it’s too late.

Demand Congress pass H.R. 5722 and S. 3009, the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act.

Recently, reporters tried to get El-Sayed to renounce his statements accusing anti-Sharia bill supporters of being racist. But instead of backtracking, El-Sayed doubled down, wrongly claiming that Sharia — which demands severe penalties, including whipping, amputation, even beheading — is no different than Catholic canon law.

But El-Sayed's statements are not only obfuscation but outright falsehoods. Catholic canon laws apply to the governance of the church itself, its bishops, priests, and parishes, whereas according to the tenets of Islam, every Muslim is to force his neighbors and government to implement brutal, often barbaric Islamic law — Sharia — on all people everywhere.

And no matter how hard Sharia fanatics like El-Sayed try, they cannot cover up the fact that Sharia is creeping across America and is being used in everything from blocking women from getting restraining orders against violent husbands to Muslim fathers conducting “honor killings” of their own daughters — right here on U.S. soil.

Lest one think this radical Sharia-pusher isn't a threat, think again. Polls show El-Sayed is leading his Christian Republican Senate opponent by at least seven points.

That is why it is so incredibly important for Congress to pass the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act NOW, before even one more American woman loses her rights, or even her life, to Sharia.

Take action now by faxing Congress to demand they STOP SHARIA by passing the Preserving the Sharia-Free America Act!

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Sources:

“Abdul El-Sayed.” Ballotpedia. Accessed August 26, 2026. Ballotpedia.org/Abdul_El-Sayed.

Lee, Jim. “Michigan United States Senatorial Baseline Survey.” Real Clear Politics, August 18, 2026. Realclearpolitics.com/docs/2026/Toplines-Michigan-Statewide-August2026.pdf.

Miller, Andrew Mark. “El-Sayed’s Defense of Sharia Law Stance Sparks Online Eruption from Christians, Conservatives: ‘He’s Done.’” Fox News, August 25, 2026. Foxnews.com/politics/el-sayed-defense-sharia-law-stance-sparks-online-eruption-christians-conservatives-hes-done.

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