Muslim Socialist Abdul El-Sayed Compares Himself To Jesus, Outrage Explodes

Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed said the Quran shapes his political outlook and likened his own left-wing agenda to the radicalism associated with Jesus during a May podcast appearance.

The far-left Democrat, whose full name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, discussed the role of Islam in his politics on The Progressive Christians Podcast. El-Sayed, who follows Sharia law in his personal life, rejected the idea that politically active Muslims are trying to “push a certain ideology.”

“One of the most frustrating things is there’s this notion that somehow when Muslims are trying to organize politically, that there’s this effort to push a certain ideology,” El-Sayed said.

“There’s this verse in the Quran, [unintelligible], which literally means there’s no compulsion on faith. So if you’re not doing a certain thing out of your faith, compelling people to follow a certain set of faith or set of laws out of your faith — like faith is kind of the thing itself.

“So there is no compulsion in religion. Your job is to live out your faith, and to try to do so in a way where you’re offering dignity and opportunity to other people — not to compel them to behave in any sort of way, but to try to create a level freedom where people have the right to choose how they want to live their lives, if they want to pray at all, how they want to pray, who they want to love, how they want to engage in the world.”

The conversation later turned to El-Sayed’s support for socialist policies, including “Medicare for all.”

The host asked the Michigan Democrat how he responds to being branded a “radical,” while contending that his platform is seen by “progressive Christians” as “very similar to the teachings of Jesus.”

“Jesus, peace and blessings be upon him, was considered radical in his time too. And there is a radical nature to being willing to stand forthright in a time of corruption,” El-Sayed replied in part.

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Abdul El-Sayed compares himself to Jesus to justify his far-Left socialist agenda.

EL-SAYED: “Jesus…was considered radical in his time too, and there is a radical nature to being willing to stand forthright in a time of corruption.” pic.twitter.com/BIpXip6cO9

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It was hardly the first time El-Sayed enlisted Jesus to make the case for his socialist program.

Just last week, El-Sayed told left-wing podcaster Jennifer Welch that the teachings of Jesus were “about upending the system against the richest and most powerful and the ways that they used their power and their money to subjugate other people. Like, that was the essential teaching.”

That interpretation has become a familiar talking point among leftists and “progressive” Christians seeking to cast government-mandated wealth redistribution as a biblical act of compassion.

Traditional Christian teaching offers a sharply different account. It holds that Jesus came to fulfill Mosaic law, live without sin and die on the cross as payment for humanity’s sins, allowing those who repent and place their faith in him to be reconciled with God and receive eternal life.

In other news, El-Sayed’s mother was recently linked to a group that supports terrorists all over the world.

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