{"id":2676309,"date":"2026-10-05T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignabdul-el-sayeds-sister-in-law-appeared-on-terrorist-watch-list-court-filings-indicate\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T10:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:01:28","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignabdul-el-sayeds-sister-in-law-appeared-on-terrorist-watch-list-court-filings-indicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignabdul-el-sayeds-sister-in-law-appeared-on-terrorist-watch-list-court-filings-indicate\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Docs Indicate El-Sayed Relative Was On Terrorist Watch List"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignabdul-el-sayeds-sister-in-law-appeared-on-terrorist-watch-list-court-filings-indicate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2676309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed&#8217;s family members have faced scrutiny due to their associations and past activities. His sister-in-law, Mariam jukaku, appeared in the Terrorist Screening Database, with court documents revealing her involvement in lawsuits against the U.S. government challenging her watchlist status and alleging discrimination.Jukaku, a Muslim woman, has been active in CAIR, which has been designated a terrorist institution by Texas and Florida. She previously filed a DHS complaint after being flagged with the &#8216;SSSS&#8217; designation on her boarding pass, which led to searches and testing. Although she believed she was removed from the watchlist, government officials have not confirmed her status.<\/p>\n<p>Jukaku&#8217;s past includes leadership in Muslim student organizations at UCLA, activism supporting islamic practices, and involvement in events related to Islamic communities, with some articles highlighting her outspoken Muslim advocacy. Other family members, such as her father, have donated heavily to political campaigns and are alleged to be linked to Muslim Brotherhood activities. El-Sayed\u2019s half-sister was detained for allegedly spitting at a police officer during protests, and his birth mother reportedly worked for a group linked to terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed himself has been embroiled in recent controversies, including a viral exchange where he refused to condemn the Iranian regime, known for being designated a terrorist organization. Documents from 2012 show he supported the Muslim Brotherhood and called for a media and law enforcement purge in Egypt. He has expressed support for Sharia Law and campaigned with activists with pro-Hezbollah and pro-Hamas views, advocating for radical policies. His campaign did not respond to requests for comment on these issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s sister-in-law appeared in the Terrorist Screening Database, court documents filed in 2016 indicate. Mariam Jukaku, the sister of El-Sayed\u2019s wife, Sarah Jukaku, was a participant in two suits the Council on American-Islamic Relations brought against U.S. government officials on behalf of individuals disputing their alleged placement on the watch list, according to court filings.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classaction.org\/media\/elhady-et-al-v-piehota-et-al.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suit<\/a> sought an injunction removing the plaintiffs from the database and a declaratory judgment that their Fifth Amendment rights had been violated. The other was a class action <a href=\"https:\/\/clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/media\/doc\/81980.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> the plaintiffs filed to obtain compensatory damages and recover legal fees from the government. Jukaku <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CAIRMI\/status\/717543338589728768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeared<\/a> in a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) press conference announcing the suits. <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-designates-muslim-brotherhood-cair-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Texas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RonDeSantis\/status\/2104951116077191236?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Florida<\/a> recently designated <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/17\/hamas-ally-cair-has-operated-with-impunity-in-america-for-30-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAIR<\/a> a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the suits, Jukaku filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after she reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/2022\/01\/19\/tracked-and-traced-how-thousands-of-american-muslims-ended-up-on-the-terrorist-watch-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noticed<\/a> in 2012 that \u201cher boarding pass was stamped with the \u2018SSSS\u2019 designation, indicating that she had been designated as a \u2018known or suspected terrorist.&#8217;\u201d Jukaku, who is Muslim, said the designation triggered \u201cextensive searches, pat downs and chemical testing\u201d and speculated that she was added to the watch list because of racism or religious discrimination, according to the suit. She also said she believed she had been removed from the list following her DHS complaint, though the government reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganpublic.org\/law\/2016-04-05\/lawsuits-allege-innocent-us-muslims-ensnared-by-terror-watchlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">never confirmed<\/a> either the removal or her presence on the list. <\/p>\n<p>When contacted for comment on the matter, DHS referred The Federalist to the FBI. In response to a comment request from The Federalist, the FBI stated that \u201cit is the U.S. government\u2019s policy to neither confirm nor deny a person\u2019s inclusion in the Terrorist Screening Dataset, commonly known as the terrorist watchlist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Terrorism Screening Database (TSDB), which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/research-starters\/diplomacy-and-international-relations\/terrorism-screening-database-tsdb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lists<\/a> \u201cmore than a million names of individuals suspected of terrorism-related activities\u201d and \u201cpeople suspected of ties to terrorism,\u201d is utilized by Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration, and local law enforcement. A small number of individuals on the list are barred from flying in the U.S., while others may be subjected to heightened screening procedures and location tracking.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2017 the plaintiffs and the government agreed to <a href=\"https:\/\/clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com\/media\/doc\/95542.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismiss<\/a> the class action lawsuit without prejudice due to a U.S. Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/clearinghouse.net\/case\/15278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruling<\/a> that \u201ca right of action for monetary damages against a federal official required special factors.\u201d The suit seeking an injunction and declaratory judgment reached its resolution in 2021, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca4\/20-1119\/20-1119-2021-03-30.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4th Circuit Court of Appeals<\/a> \u201creversed the district court\u2019s grant of summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs and concluded that plaintiffs have not demonstrated infringements of constitutional liberty interests under the Due Process Clause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jukaku could not be reached for comment concerning the alleged watch list designation.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuits say Mariam Jukaku lived in California in 2016. A 2003 Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2003-nov-01-me-ramadan1-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> and a 2004 Daily Bruin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailybruin.com\/2004\/01\/22\/muslim-students-set-out-to-cle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> describe a Mariam Jukaku leading the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at UCLA, with the Bruin stating Jukaku was editor of the publication Al-Talib. When the U.S. government purportedly \u201cshut down\u201d several Al-Talib advertisers because of terror ties, the student editor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailybruin.com\/2004\/12\/05\/iparanoia-is-getting-out-of-ha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defended<\/a> the entities, noting that the MSA had also faced allegations of \u201cbeing a terrorist organization,\u201d the Bruin reported. She called the claim \u201cridiculous.\u201d The Times and Bruin articles describe this Mariam Jukaku as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailybruin.com\/2004\/01\/22\/muslim-students-set-out-to-cle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an outspoken<\/a> proponent of Islam and its practices, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2003-nov-01-me-ramadan1-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fasting<\/a> during Ramadan and the wearing of hijab. <\/p>\n<p>A 2007 Daily Orange article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyorange.com\/2006\/10\/fast-a-thon-participants-raise-money-for-local-charities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mentions<\/a> a Syracuse University graduate student named Mariam Jukaku participating in a Ramadan fasting event sponsored by several Muslim student groups. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyorange.com\/2007\/09\/va-security-forces-su-student-to-delete-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Other<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/reporting-editing\/2007\/hospital-cops-tell-muslim-journalism-student-to-delete-photos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">articles<\/a> at the time detail a Syracuse student of the same name having an interaction with security at a New York hospital who took issue with her snapping photos of federal facilities. When security officers told her to delete photos she took of a Veterans Affairs hospital while at Syracuse, she said that her appearance (seemingly referencing her skin color and Muslim garb) was the likely cause; officers cited security protocols. CAIR also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair.com\/cair_in_the_news\/ny-muslim-journalists-photos-deleted-after-questioning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insinuated<\/a> discrimination was behind the incident. In 2006 The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/local\/2006\/03\/18\/a-growing-confusing-market-for-halal-food\/37aff004-d983-45e7-9b4d-a9e4a705f3c2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">featured<\/a> an article written by a Mariam Jukaku that described a growing demand for food that complies with the standards of Islamic law. A 2009 <a href=\"https:\/\/cme.asu.edu\/sites\/g\/files\/litvpz1056\/files\/2025-07\/May_June%202009%20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issue<\/a> of Islamic Horizons mentions a Mariam Jukaku as a graduate of UCLA and Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed\u2019s family members have drawn scrutiny numerous times throughout his campaign for U.S. Senate in Michigan. His wife\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/abdul-el-sayeds-medicare-for-all-crusade-collides-awkward-contradiction-involving-his-wife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decision<\/a> not to accept Medicare at her practice has prompted criticism in light of El-Sayed\u2019s emphatic endorsement of Medicare-for-all. Sarah and Mariam Jukaku\u2019s father, Tayeb Jukaku, who is on the <a href=\"https:\/\/cairmichigan.org\/who-we-are.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">board of directors<\/a> for CAIR Michigan, has backed El-Sayed with <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/abdul-el-sayeds-father-in-law-gives-another-100k-to-top-el-sayed-super-pac-bringing-total-contributions-to-300k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$300,000<\/a> in funding and is <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/abdul-el-sayeds-father-in-law-a-top-donor-to-an-el-sayed-super-pac-is-among-top-leaders-of-muslim-brotherhood-organization-linked-to-terror-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged<\/a> to be a leader of a Muslim Brotherhood front group that funds Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Eman Abdelhadi, El-Sayed\u2019s half-sister, was taken into custody for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/el-sayed-half-sister-revealed-radical-professor-arrested-allegedly-assaulting-cop-anti-ice-riot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly spitting<\/a> on a police officer while protesting ICE; she has pled not guilty. El-Sayed\u2019s birth mother reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/nation-world\/abdul-el-sayeds-birth-mother-worked-for-designated-terror-group-iara-report-cair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">worked<\/a> for a designated terror organization that supported Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed, however, has his own string of controversies to grapple with, many arising just within the past few weeks. His exchange with a Michigan University student went viral when he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2102910133424800255?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused<\/a> to condemn the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a <a href=\"https:\/\/2017-2021.state.gov\/designation-of-the-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S.-designated<\/a> terrorist organization responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. servicemen and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202601255198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands<\/a> of Iranians. <\/p>\n<p>Last month a document surfaced showing El-Sayed <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/abdul-el-sayed-called-on-egypts-muslim-brotherhood-to-purge-the-media-and-police-shortly-before-islamic-government-arrested-reporters-for-insulting-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backed<\/a> the Muslim Brotherhood and a \u201cpurge\u201d of media and law enforcement in Egypt in 2012. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NRSC\/status\/2086866359388864698?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">openly supported<\/a> Sharia Law, and last week he <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/abdul-el-sayed-quietly-headlines-fundraiser-alongside-hamas-loving-activist-who-urged-jews-to-be-sent-back-to-poland-speaker-who-backs-islamic-militants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaigned<\/a> with Osama Siblani, a pro-Hezbollah, pro-Hamas activist \u2014 all while promising to push a bevy of radical left-wing policies if elected.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed\u2019s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Joshua Monnington is an assistant editor at The Federalist. 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