He also repeated unfounded speculation that Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim American doctor running for the Democratic nomination, has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood has influence throughout the Middle East. However, advocates for American Muslims have long insisted that conspiracy theories about the Muslim Brotherhood are promoted to foster mistrust of legitimate Islamic organizations working to advance their communities’ interests. Colbeck claims that the Muslim Brotherhood has ties to the Muslim Student Association, a student-run religious group that El-Sayed participated in at the University of Michigan. El-Sayed’s team said Republican leaders haven’t done enough to reject Colbeck’s conspiracy theories.

Source: Huffington Post April 27, 2018 23:48 UTC