Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed previously described following Sharia law as a personal religious obligation that he intended to observe throughout his life, according to comments he made to The New York Times in 2009, as reported by Free Beacon. Campaign spokeswoman Roxie Richner told the Washington Free Beacon that El-Sayed continues to observe Sharia in his personal affairs. A documentary covering his 2018 campaign showed El-Sayed asking filmmakers not to record a bookshelf in his home because it contained the Quran and other books about Islam.