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Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Michigan Senate candidate, is fielding questions about his appearance at an Islamic Society of North America convention in Detroit after the organization quietly removed Pakistani cleric Mufti Tariq Masood from its speaker lineup before the event.
The Washington Free Beacon first reported the move.
Masood's past statements, including remarks appearing to praise Hitler's persecution of Jews and comments defending child marriage, had drawn public backlash against ISNA.
Masood's removal did not close the questions around the convention.
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