Abdul El-Sayed becomes first Muslim elected to US Senate

Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, won Michigan's Senate race, becoming the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. Sources differ on whether he celebrated at a summit with Islamist groups or simply won the election.

The first and anti-Semitic Muslim senator Abdul El-Sayed participated in the summit conference of the Arab America Foundation in Virginia, where he was greeted with applause alongside communist left-wing activists and extremist Islamist figures. The event featured explicit calls for the elimination of Israel "from the river to the sea," maps denying the existence of the state were displayed, and demands were made to halt military aid to Jerusalem. The foundation's chairman, Issam Andoni, presented El-Sayed as someone who "destroyed" the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC. El-Sayed himself adopted a tough line against the existing world order and attacked the funding of weapons for Israel, but declined to confirm intentions to run for president and stated that he intends to focus on his term in the Senate.

Abdul El-Sayed becomes first Muslim elected to US Senate