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Transnational Sunni Islamist organization
The Society of the Muslim Brothers, better known as the Muslim Brotherhood, is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar, imam and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings spread far beyond Egypt, influencing various Islamist movements from charitable organizations to political parties.
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Upper house of the Michigan Legislature
The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives, it composes the state legislature, which has powers, roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, adopted in 1963. The primary purpose of the Legislature is to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws.
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American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is an American epidemiologist and politician who is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan.
More on Wikipedia ↗The progressive Democrat holds a narrow lead over Republican Mike Rogers and hopes to become the first Muslim US senator, but resurfaced posts by his half-sister about their mother's past activism have intensified the controversy surrounding his campaign
Roya News and Ynetnews stress denial and fact-check uncertainty, while the New York Post foregrounds family social posts as "receipts".
Abdul El-Sayed’s mother—whom the left-wing Michigan Senate candidate has described as “smart, warm, charismatic” and whom he called on camera in a May campaign video—was active in the Muslim Brotherhood while in college in Egypt, a revelation that further contradicts El-Sayed’s recent claims that neither he nor his…