Abdul El-Sayed's Father Is a Board Member for a Charity With Troubling Ties to Saddam Hussein

Mohammed El-Sayed, father of Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a board member of an Islamic charity that once had its offices raided by the FBI and the U.S. military and reportedly sent money to Saddam Hussein before the Iraq War. Mohammed El-Sayed sits on the board of Life for Relief and Development, a group that — according to its website — is "a trusted top-rated global humanitarian organization committed to helping people in crisis from natural disasters to man-made emergencies." He's been on the board since at least 2020, according to federal tax forms.