
密歇根州民主党参议员候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德(Abdul El-Sayed)正面临共和党批评者的重新审视,原因是其母亲二十多年前曾因在一家伊斯兰慈善机构工作而接受联邦调查人员的询问。
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing renewed scrutiny from Republican critics over his mother's questioning by federal investigators more than two decades ago as part of an investigation into an Islamic charity where she worked.
埃尔-赛义德的共和党对手、前众议员迈克·罗杰斯(Mike Rogers,共和党-密歇根州)指责这位民主党候选人误导密歇根州选民,隐瞒了他对穆斯林兄弟会的看法,并指出据报道埃尔-赛义德家族成员与该组织存在关联。
El-Sayed's Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., accused the Democratic candidate of misleading Michigan voters about his views on the Muslim Brotherhood, pointing to reported associations involving members of El-Sayed's family.
埃尔-赛义德此前曾告诉福克斯新闻,他“从未”也“永远不会”成为穆斯林兄弟会成员。福克斯新闻数字频道未发现埃尔-赛义德与该组织有任何直接联系。埃尔-赛义德的竞选团队未回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。
El-Sayed previously told Fox News that he has "never been" and will "never be" a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Fox News Digital is not aware of any direct ties between El-Sayed and the organization. El-Sayed's campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
“密歇根州民无法信任阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德。他在其医生资历、家庭生活以及其灾难性政策将给密歇根州家庭带来多大代价等问题上撒谎,”罗杰斯的一位发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“说真话吧,阿卜杜勒。”自《华盛顿自由灯塔报》(Washington Free Beacon)上月重提相关报道以来,埃尔-赛义德尚未公开回应其母亲接受联邦调查人员询问的细节,也未回应联邦当局突击搜查其母亲任职的伊斯兰慈善机构办公室一事。
"Michiganders cannot trust Abdul El-Sayed. He lies about his physician credentials, his family life, and about how much his disastrous policies will cost Michigan's families," a spokesperson for Rogers told Fox News Digital. "Tell the truth, Abdul." El-Sayed has not publicly addressed the details of his mother's questioning by federal investigators or the raid on the offices of the Islamic charity where she worked since the Washington Free Beacon resurfaced the reports last month.
据《哥伦比亚每日论坛报》(Columbia Daily Tribune)报道,联邦当局于2004年突击总了伊斯兰美国救济署(IARA)在密苏里州的办公室,埃尔-赛义德的母亲法滕·埃尔科米(Fatten Elkomy)当时在那里工作。该报报道称,联邦特工在调查期间询问了埃尔科米约三小时。
Federal authorities raided the Missouri office of the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA), where El-Sayed's mother, Fatten Elkomy, worked in 2004, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune. The newspaper reported that federal agents questioned Elkomy for approximately three hours during the investigation.
2008年,联邦政府以涉嫌违反联邦制裁和恐怖主义相关融资限制为由关闭了伊斯兰美国救济署,其中包括涉嫌为阿富汗伊斯兰武装分子以及塔利班和基地组织等恐怖组织提供资金的指控。
In 2008, IARA was shut down by the federal government in connection with alleged violations of federal sanctions and terrorism-related financing restrictions, including allegations involving funding for Islamic militants in Afghanistan and terrorist groups such as the Taliban and al Qaeda.
据多份报道,埃尔科米未因该调查被起诉。福克斯新闻数字频道未发现证据表明她协助向恐怖组织转移资金。
Elkomy was not charged in connection with the investigation, according to multiple reports. Fox News Digital has found no evidence that she facilitated transfers of funds to terrorist organizations.
美国财政部未回应福克斯新闻数字频道关于政府调查结果的置评请求,该结果涉及伊斯兰美国救济署(IARA)据称与穆斯林兄弟会的关联,以及为何埃尔科米接受联邦调查人员询问。
The U.S. Treasury Department did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment about the government's findings concerning IARA's alleged connections to the Muslim Brotherhood or why Elkomy was questioned by federal investigators.
在参议院竞选期间,埃尔-赛义德试图与其母亲据报的政治关联划清界限,强调她并未抚养他长大。
During his Senate campaign, El-Sayed has sought to distance himself from his mother's reported political associations, emphasizing that she did not raise him.
埃尔-赛义德3岁时父母离婚,此后由父亲和继母在密歇根州抚养长大。
El-Sayed was raised in Michigan by his father and stepmother after his parents divorced when he was 3.
“我没有任何关联。我们没有任何关联,”埃尔-赛义德10月告诉美国全国广播公司(NBC)的汤姆·拉马斯,“我从未与母亲进行过这些对话,我不是由母亲抚养长大的。” 对埃尔-赛义德的审视延伸至其筹款人和与伊斯兰领袖的竞选活动,其中一些人据报与穆斯林兄弟会有关联,或被指发表过反犹太或仇恨言论。争议还涉及埃尔-赛义德与左翼主播哈桑·皮克尔的竞选露面。
"I have no ties. We have no ties," El-Sayed told NBC's Tom Llamas in October. "I have never had these conversations with my mother, I wasn't raised by my mother." The scrutiny of El-Sayed extended to the candidate's fundraisers and campaign events with Islamic leaders, some of whom have reported ties to the Muslim Brotherhood or have been accused of making antisemitic or hateful remarks. The controversy has also included El-Sayed's campaign appearances with left-wing streamer Hasan Piker.
他的前民主党初选对手、众议员海利·史蒂文斯(民主党-密歇根州)周日背书罗杰斯,理由是担忧埃尔-赛义德对密歇根州犹太社区安全的态度,以及他多次与皮克尔共同出席竞选活动,后者曾说“美国活该遭遇9·11袭击”。“我不喜欢美国参议院民主党提名人与一个说美国活该遭遇9·11袭击的人一起竞选和站在一起,”史蒂文斯周日晚间在CNN采访中表示。
His former Democratic primary opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Rogers on Sunday, citing concerns about El-Sayed's approach to the safety of Michigan's Jewish community and his repeated campaign appearances with Piker, who previously said, "America deserved 9/11." "I don't like a democratic nominee for U.S. senate campaigning and standing with someone who's saying that America deserved 9/11," Stevens said during a CNN interview Sunday night.
埃尔-赛义德在4月接受《政治报》(POLITICO)采访时拒绝就皮克的言论置评,但后来在8月出席NBC节目《与媒体见面》(Meet the Press)时予以否认。RAIR基金会创始人艾米·梅克(Amy Mek)在向福克斯新闻数字频道(Fox News Digital)发表的声明中,呼应了罗杰斯关于国家安全和埃尔-赛义德保持沉默的担忧。该非营利组织专注于调查其认定为与恐怖主义有关联的团体。
El-Sayed declined to comment on Piker's remarks during an April interview with POLITICO but later disavowed them during an August appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press." Amy Mek, founder of the RAIR Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on investigating groups it identifies as connected to terrorism, echoed Rogers' concerns about national security and El-Sayed's silence in a statement to Fox News Digital.

梅克曾就美国境内的恐怖主义相关威胁在国会作证。她告诉福克斯新闻数字频道,认为埃尔-赛义德对其母亲受质询一事保持沉默,反映了政治考量。
Mek, who previously testified before Congress about terrorism-related threats in the United States, told Fox News Digital that she believes El-Sayed's silence on his mother's questioning reflects political considerations.
她还指出了埃尔-赛义德同母异父的妹妹埃曼·阿卜杜勒哈迪(Eman Abdelhadi)在社交媒体上的帖子。阿卜杜勒哈迪在2012年于X平台发文称,他们的家族成员“长期以来”一直是穆斯林兄弟会成员。
She also pointed to social media posts by El-Sayed's half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, who wrote on X in 2012 that members of their family have "long been" members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
在另一条2013年的帖子中,该帖子至今仍公开可见于她的账号上,阿卜杜勒哈迪表示,她在“为所有支持(穆斯林兄弟会的)家人祈祷”。阿卜杜勒哈迪后来在一篇2016年的文章《酷儿、穆斯林,以及在“新石墙”不受欢迎》中回忆了她家族对联邦调查局(FBI)监控的恐惧。埃尔-赛义德未公开详细回应其同母异父妹妹的言论,但在NBC采访中称这些推文“并不严肃”,并指责利亚马斯(Llamas)“利用推文上的传闻证据”质询他关于家族据报与穆斯林兄弟会的关联。
In a separate 2013 post that remains publicly available on her account, Abdelhadi said she was "praying for all my family that supports the Abdelhadi later recalled her family's fear of FBI surveillance in a 2016 article titled, "Queer, Muslim, and Unwelcome at the 'New Stonewall.'" El-Sayed has not publicly addressed his half-sister's statements in detail but called the tweets "not serious" during his NBC interview, accusing Llamas of "using hearsay evidence from a tweet" to question him about his family's reported connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.