Islamists have their own dark money operation, and with scores of candidates being prepared, Abdul El-Sayed and his ilk appear to be just the tip of the Hamas-sympathizing iceberg.
Between the successful election of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) and the ongoing congressional campaigns of Adam Hamawy in New Jersey and El-Sayed in Michigan, Muslims have made big strides of late in American politics. With that has come a warranted rise in concerns over Sharia and suspected aims at subversion of the Constitution through funding linked back to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
A concern even before being named as unindicted co-conspirators in the 2007 USA v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development criminal case, a report from the Washington Free Beacon detailed that CAIR’s lobbying arm, CAIR Action, has funded the Unity & Justice Fund super PAC supporting these races.
According to the PAC’s own communications, “The Unity & Justice Fund helped elect Zohran Mamdani, Dr. Adam Hamawy, and now Abdul El-Sayed. We’re doing more than just securing electoral wins across the country; we’re building a movement in Masjids (mosques) and communities across the country.”
The Free Beacon detailed that the language on Masjids was removed and mention of “Muslim voters” was swapped for “Muslim and Middle Eastern voters,” in a recent fundraising email after the PAC already donated $175,000 to El-Sayed, supporting Fighting for Michigan PAC along with over $40,000 to a consulting firm owned by Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud’s (D) chief of staff, Zaineb Hussein, who previously worked for the Michigan Secretary of State.
Now, the fundraising group tied back to CAIR, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization in Florida and Texas, aims to raise $1.5 million for the midterms.
While CAIR actively distanced itself from the Unity & Justice Fund, the Free Beacon noted the reality remained that CAIR created CAIR Action, which in turn established the fund. It also remains that CAIR officials have donated to the fund as well as to the campaigns of the radical politicians.
This includes El-Sayed’s father-in-law, Tayeb Jukaku, who donated $100,000 in July. Jukaku serves as board director of Michigan’s chapter of CAIR and is only one of the Senate wannabe’s family members with a concerning background.
An effort to oppose the financial influence of CAIR was introduced earlier this year by Texas Rep. Chip Roy (R), dubbed the Designating Hamas Affiliates in America Act of 2026. The bill seeks to remove CAIR’s tax-exempt status, block its assets, and prohibit Americans from interacting with the organization.
In addition to the back already provided by CAIR Action, reporting from RealClearInvestigations’ Paul Sperry indicated that CAIR is actively preparing over 200 Muslims to run in elections across the nation at varying levels of government and that East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC City) imam Yasir Qadhi’s Fiqh Council of North America issued a fatwah (legal ruling) allowing Muslims in America to count political donations toward the required tithing of zakat.
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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