Claims of family ties between Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood surfaced after he denied any connection in an NBC interview.

Abdul El-Sayed denied any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood at a "press meet," but posts by his half-sister on social media appear to tell a different story.

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Democratic candidate for the Michigan Senate, Abd al-Sayed, has faced new scrutiny after denying that he or his family had any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

NBC's Kristen Welker pressed Al-Sayed on Sunday's "Meet the Press" about whether he could "set the record straight" about allegations of his family's ties to the controversial Islamist group.

In response to the question of whether he believes that America is "ready for a Muslim president" on the eve of the race in the Senate?

"No, you don't have any relationship and neither does your family?" Volcker followed up.

"No," Al-Sayed repeated before her Republican challenger, Mike Rogers, launched Islamophobic attacks against her and her family.

However, according to her half-sister, Aman Abdulhadi, their mother was an active member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In an X post in 2012, as first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, Abdul Hadi wrote: “I talked to my mother about her activity in the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 70s when she was at #Tehkam University.

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Al-Sayed's half-sister, Aman Abdelhadi, wrote in X in 2012 that their mother was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. (University of Chicago)

Their mother, Faten Alkoumi, studied at Alexandria University in Egypt, which had a strong Muslim Brotherhood presence, according to a report by the Brookings Institution. Activity in the 1970s

In another 2012 post, University of Chicago professor Abdul Hadi wrote, "My family has been MB for a long time, but I always felt it was weak/destructive in the political sphere."

In a third post from 2013, he wrote: "Praying for all my family supporting #MB in #Egypt. Rest in peace, stay safe."

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The campaign also said the Muslim Brotherhood's accusations were "racist and false".

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