US President Donald Trump has accused Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed of being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a claim the Democrat denies.Mr Trump also repeatedly referred to Mr El Sayed as “Mohammed” as the race in the key battleground state heats up.“I call him Mohammed Al Fayed. His name is Abdul, but I think I call him Mohammed Abdul El-Sayed, and he's a Muslim Brotherhood guy, 100 per cent,” he said at the White House on Thursday.The Brotherhood accusation comes less than three weeks before the midterm elections, as the race in the swing state intensifies. Michigan is home to about 300,000 Arab Americans, and Mr Trump has won the state twice.Polls show Mr El-Sayed narrowly ahead of his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, an ally of Mr Trump.Throughout the campaign, Mr Trump has referred to Mr El-Sayed as a radical and a “jihadist lunatic”, among other Islamophobic insults.The November 3 elections will determine control of Congress, and Michigan is among the most closely watched Senate races. If Mr El-Sayed wins, he would become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.US media reports this week have quoted social media posts by Mr El-Sayed’s half-sister that allegedly refer to his mother as a supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood.Mr El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, has denied the accusations and at times dismissed them. His parents were divorced when he...
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