Comments about Islam by Attorney General Ashcroft?-Disputed!

Comments by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft about Christianity versus Islam-Disputed!

Summary of eRumor:

The eRumor quotes U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft as saying that slam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a faith in which God sent his Son to die for you.”

The Truth:


The comment was broadcast by syndicated columnist Cal Thomas in November, 2002, who says he heard it from Ashcroft himself.

Ashcroft’s office, however, released a statement in February, 2003, saying that the reported words “do not accurately reflect what I believe I said.”