Abdul El-Sayed Challenges Mike Rogers

Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign said the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee still follows Sharia law in his personal life after a 2009 interview resurfaced in which he described Sharia-compliant choices as a lifelong religious obligation. In that interview, El-Sayed, then a 24-year-old medical student and Rhodes scholar, discussed using a Sharia-compliant mortgage to buy a $123,000 Ann Arbor condominium. The issue intensified his race against Republican Mike Rogers, who has criticized El-Sayed’s past comments on fireworks, July 4 and football. El-Sayed responded by challenging Rogers to five debates and, later, a no-pads tackle-football game.