# ‘Deflections’: Abdul El-Sayed responds to Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks

https://mins.news/en/item/116434

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-26 20:17 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/26/deflections-abdul-el-sayed-responds-to-trumps-anti-muslim-attacks?traffic_source=rss

> At a Detroit news conference, Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks were meant to divert attention from the president’s record and issues such as petrol prices. Trump has baselessly accused El-Sayed of wanting to impose Sharia law; El-Sayed called the attacks “deflections and deceptions based on no evidence.”

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