John F. Kennedy did indeed face heavily scrutiny during his 1960 presidential campaign. It was rooted in anti-Catholic prejudice; critics questioned whether a Catholic president could truly serve American interests independently from the Vatican and the pope. What El-Sayed has said about himself and Kennedy, however, is insulting to America’s collective intelligence. El-Sayed’s attempt to […]
Abdul El-Sayed’s Sister: ‘My Family Has Long Been’ Muslim Brotherhood
The political aspirations of someone from a Muslim Brotherhood family are those of the Brotherhood. Abdul El-Sayed recently claimed that he isn’t connected to the Muslim Brotherhood. His sister, however, begs to differ. “My family has long been MB,” Abedlhadi wrote on June 24, 2012, days after Egypt elected Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi as […]
On abortion, Muslims say Islam is ‘on the side of mercy’
Actually, it’s right about where you’d expect a religion whose holy book says three times to “kill them wherever you find them” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, cf. 9:5) to be. “On abortion, Muslim Americans say Islamic history is ‘on the side of mercy,’” by Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service, June 24, 2022 (thanks to David): (RNS) — […]