El-Sayed’s Radical-Islam-Curious Views Not Shared by Muslim America

The thrill America’s Muslims supposedly experienced when Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic Senate primary was short-lived, according to the Associated Press. Their “elation” was soon “tempered by awareness of persisting and widespread anti-Muslim sentiment across much of the nation.”

The evidence the AP marshals for this assertion of bias ranges from the plausible to the absurd. Outgoing Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s allegation that “every single Muslim holding public office in America is a Trojan horse” is certainly ugly. But using the candidate’s full name, as Donald Trump did, is not.

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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The thrill America’s Muslims supposedly experienced when Abdul El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic Senate primary was short-lived, according to the Associated Press. Their “elation” was soon “tempered by awareness of persisting and widespread anti-Muslim sentiment across much of the nation.”

The evidence the AP marshals for this assertion of bias ranges from the plausible to the absurd. Outgoing Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s allegation that “every single Muslim holding public office in America is a Trojan horse” is certainly ugly. But using the candidate’s full name, as Donald Trump did, is not.

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.