El-Sayed Likens Sharia Law to Catholic Canon

AUTOMATED SUMMARY

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed compared Sharia law to Catholic canon law during a contentious Fox News interview with host Jesse Watters. The exchange, which also touched on sex-changes for minors and wealth taxes, drew immediate criticism from conservative commentators online. El-Sayed is running against Republican Mike Rogers for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters.

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FACTS

01   El-Sayed compared Sharia law to Catholic canon law when Jesse Watters pressed him on past comments calling Sharia bans 'white supremacy.' FOX NEWS

02   El-Sayed asked Watters 'Are you circumcised?' while defending sex-change surgery for minors during the interview. NEW YORK POST

03   El-Sayed called his Republican opponent Mike Rogers a 'beta' during the interview. WASHINGTON EXAMINER

04   Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of 'The Charlie Kirk Show,' wrote on X that El-Sayed 'lies and says no one is trying to push Sharia' and draws a 'false equivalency' to canon law. FOX NEWS

05   El-Sayed said he is 'not here to fight a culture war' in the wake of the interview. NBC NEWS

06   El-Sayed distanced himself from prior remarks by streamer Hasan Piker concerning Jewish Americans. CBS NEWS

FILING TIMELINE · 19H 34M

●   El Sayed says 'preemptively' banning sharia is discriminatory
8:00 PM · WASHINGTON EXAMINER · RIGHT

●   Abdul El-Sayed asks Fox News' Jesse Watters 'Are you circumcised?' in bizarre moment as he defends sex change surgery for minors
9:16 PM · NEW YORK POST · RIGHT

●   WATCH: El-Sayed Makes Bizarre Comparison When Pressed On Sharia Law
2:57 AM · DAILY WIRE · RIGHT

●   El-Sayed gives bizarre defense for cutting off kids' genitals ... on Fox News
9:40 AM · THE BLAZE · RIGHT

●   Abdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker
12:28 PM · CBS NEWS · LEFT

●   Abdul El-Sayed pushes back in Fox News interview: 'Not here to fight a culture war'
1:08 PM · NBC NEWS · LEFT

●   El-Sayed's defense of Sharia law stance sparks online eruption from Christians, conservatives: 'He's done'
3:33 PM · FOX NEWS · RIGHT