[ April 18, 2024 ]
This is a red flag for Michigan voters.
Photo: Abdul El-Sayed with notorious Jew-hater and sharia promoter Linda Sarsour.
Michigan: First-ever Muslim candidate for Governor comes unhinged over question about Sharia (VIDEO)
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By LEO HOHMANN
Michigan’s first-ever Muslim candidate for governor, Dr. Abdul al-Sayed, took a shot at fellow gubernatorial candidate Patrick Colbeck on Thursday that some Republicans are saying was below the belt.
Colbeck, speaking at a candidate’s forum in East Lansing, expressed his concerns about Sharia law and the extremist Muslim Brotherhood’s tactic of civilization jihad. Colbeck took exception with an article he says was planted by Sayed supporters in the left-of-center website Buzzfeed, which painted Colbeck as a fringe extremist using “unfounded conspiracy theories” against Sayed.
Rather than address Colbeck’s concerns, Sayed called Colbeck a racist Islamophobe whom Muslims “definitely hate.”
Sayed, 33, the former public-health director for the city of Detroit, was on stage Thursday at the Michigan Press Association with several other Democrat and Republican candidates for governor running in the Aug. 7 primary.
Sayed refused to answer a question from the moderator about the Islamic legal system known as Sharia, other than to say that, if elected, he would uphold the constitutions of the U.S. and State of Michigan.
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“This is one of those areas that got me ticked off in regard to the fairness of the media,” Colbeck told the audience Thursday. “They pitched this comment around my concern about the Muslim Brotherhood as a concern about Muslims in general. I love Muslims. It’s not an issue. The issue is about terrorist organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood.”
After he berated Colbeck as a racist, and lectured the other Republicans on the panel for not condemning Colbeck as a racist and white supremacist, the normally cool-headed Sayed became visibly angry and showed he is not above expressing some hatred of his own.
“What frustrates me more is not that you have blatant racism on the part of certain people, but what frustrates me more is in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, is not when bad people speak out but when good people fail to speak out, and what I have not heard is the Republicans on this panel, decisively and swiftly call out this kind of Islamophobia, this kind of racism, in the context that they are wanting to represent the state that has the highest per-capita number of Muslim Americans in the country. Now you may not hate Muslims, but I’ll tell you, Muslims definitely hate you!”
Watch the full 6-minute exchange between Colbeck and Sayed in the video below:
Dick Manasseri, spokesman for Secure Michigan, one of the groups that has concerns about the incremental advancement of Sharia in Michigan’s Muslim enclaves, including female genital mutilation, honor violence and polygamy, said he was surprised to see Sayed come unhinged in response to a calmly-communicated concern by Colbeck.
“Dr. Abdul definitely lost his cool,” Manasseri said. “I think what we saw was an outburst. Abdul was not cool. Patrick is purposely trying to not make this his only issue, but when it comes up he’s not afraid to address it and Dr. Abdul showed he just can’t handle it. All he has in his bag of tricks is the canned response that everyone who asks about Sharia is a racist and an Islamophobe.”
Since Islam is not a race, and some of the most populous Muslim countries such as Syria and Bosnia are filled by Caucasians, the charge of racism is disingenuous at best, nonsensical at worst, Manasseri said.
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55 Comments
5 years ago
Already making race an issue.
5 years ago
This clown is supposed to value the laws and constitution of the United States of America, and you can see from his response that he would be disinclined to do either. The koran also allows muslims to lie to kuffirs (That’s you and me) with regard to any of their intentions, so even if he said he would kiss the Stars and Bars and swear everlasting allegiance, I would still not believe a word he says. Elect him at your peril! You’ve already lost Deerborn, don’t give away the rest of the state. Also, when these clowns talk about racism, they very conveniently forget that islam and muslim are NOT races, and islamophobia is a stupid made up word for stupid people.
DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TRUST HIM OR BELIEVE A WORD HE UTTERS!
5 years ago
Reply to
David
Agree. They are equal opportunity killers. wearing suit speaking English does not change their hatefilled idealogy.
They don’t even spare christian aid workers in America who help settle them http://bit.ly/2rr9tGh
No other immigrant groups are so ungrateful as jihadis.
5 years ago
Reply to
David
David you are totally right and I live in Michigan. We also lost Hamtramack. If he wins I am leaving Michigan
D
5 years ago
That’s a good tactic, find a way to make them become unhinged, so they reveal their true colors.
5 years ago
Colbeck may not hate moslems. And, moslems do hate Colbeck. I definitely HATE moslems, as they are the vilest of ALL creatures.
5 years ago
Muslims are scum…pure evil garbage and worthy of death as enemies of decency and civility…cannot trust a one of these evil scum.
5 years ago
He’s obviously a politician the way he REFUSED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION! Please do NOT vote for this pos!
5 years ago
Reply to
Thomas Faddis
I live in Michigan and my vote is sooo going for Patrick Colbeck!
5 years ago
That cucksucker never got bullied in school! More faux islamofauxbia !
5 years ago
Typical muslim answer, dance around the question, avoid the issue, accuse the questioner of bigotry, under no circumstance give a real answer as it can be validated. A good lie can be stretched, muslims are good at lying.
5 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
It is acceptable for Muslims to lie in order to FOOL others. That is one of their most valued tactics. They can say anti Muslim things to trick people into believing they are something that they are not. Getting them angry, as in this case, usually brings out the TRUE person…….and him stating clearly that he (and Muslims) “HATE” his opponent, tells all one needs to know.
5 years ago
That’s OK . Elect him and we’ll bury his worthless ass in the Go
ggomain Swamp in the U.P. !!!
THEY NEVER find the bodies there !
5 years ago
True colors. What a jerk! Please, please Michigan, do not put this hothead Muslim in office. He will brook no questions or criticism. Can you imagine being called a racist Islamophobe about literally ANYTHING this guy doesn’t want to deal with?
5 years ago
The “good”, “decent”, “honorable” muslum evidently thinks there’s something wrong with hating muslums.
It’s not my fault, nor the fault of anyone kuffar, that your religion is a vile, violent, Jew hating, totalitarian, fascist death cult muslum rat.
5 years ago
I liked the part where he said, “You might not hate the Muslims, but Muslims definitely hate you.”
Thanks for admitting it. Like there was any doubt. His statement says it all, and the rest is taqiyya.
5 years ago
Reply to
Jim
That sound bite needs to be featured prominently by those running against him. He and his ilk are dangerous, and obviously trying to use the Obama strategy of teflon minority standing.
5 years ago
Don’t ever come to the U.P. boy ! We’ll bury your worthless ass in the Goggamain Swamp and they’ll NEVER find your worthless carcass !
5 years ago
Muslims get brownie points for lying to non Muslims in pursuit of jihad
5 years ago
An islamophobe is someone who knows more than he/she should about islam. That said, muslims shouldn’t be elected to ANY government positions. Look what happened to our country when we had a muslim president.
5 years ago
I am so fed-up and tired of hearing people being called racist as soon as
anti-Christian and extremist behavior is being questioned. Islam does not
belong in America. It is not a religion. It is a radical, oppressive, political
ideology.
5 years ago
This evil man needs to-be tarred and feathered to even consider running for public office! Second thought better yet arrested and hung for treason!
5 years ago
You’ll just get another obama with this guy. obama use to talk a lot like that too. He was just another ly’n Moslem up there. He is actually telling you what he is NOT going to do and what he is NOT going to uphold, just like the lying Negro sodomite.
5 years ago
WHEN is a muzrat going to be charged with HATE SPEECH?
5 years ago
The most honest statement ever stated by a Muslim running for office, “MUSLIMS DEFINITELY HATE YOU”! Funny how the word/name Trump was the first one to pop up when “hate” was typed in.
D
5 years ago
Death by a thousand cuts. Liberal America will welcome Islam taking over government one district at a time, one town at a time, eventually one city and one state at a time – starting with Michigan
5 years ago
Have not seen Sarsour in public lately. Assumed she was looking for her clitoris.
5 years ago
If the voters of Michigan are ignorant enough to TRUST this man……..then they deserve what they will get.
5 years ago
“he would uphold the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of Michigan” Remember under their law (sharia) it’s alright to lie, even encouraged if it is to an infidel (you) to gain the advantage. Michigan better wake up.
5 years ago
Sounds like Michigan has a very angry candidate for Governor. What are the good voters of Michigan going to do?
5 years ago
If Michigan is stupid enough to vote this SAVAGE BEAST into office after witnessing what happens when these maniacs are voted in they are imbeciles.
Look at London and Paris!
Every person who loves this country should vote for a Republican and not this MUSLIM POS or anyone who sides with those CULTISTS.
5 years ago
OF COURSE, rather than address or answer any of the legitimate issues brought up by the other speaker, he tries to hide, & cause those issues to be disregarded by playing the ‘racism’ card.
How do you know when a Muslim is lying? His/her lips are moving.
5 years ago
No moslem can swear allegiance to anyone other than allah. Surah 18:26 Moslems MUST KILL NON MOSLEMS SURAH 47:4 Moslems must destroy non moslem cultures. Surah 7:138-9.
D
5 years ago
This is just PROOF that NO moHAMmedan belongs in ANY governmental office of any kind !!!!!!!!!!! ESPECIALLY if IT shows Kuffarophobia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 years ago
Remember America, Muslims are told to lie
5 years ago
With Sayed, he is well versed in the art of Taqiyya; he was at his best here, folks….Its all about “deception”.
5 years ago
This kind of behavior and attitude will only escalate as these people become more emboldened. Get use to it people and keep your ammo dry.
5 years ago
By that alone, he seems unfit to run for ANY political office. Next!
5 years ago
Remove him from the ballot–and life in general.
5 years ago
“I love Muslims.”
What’s there to love about Muslims? All Muslims will vote against this guy and vote for their Muslim candidate.
