What religion is Valerie Jarrett?

Answer 1

Valerie Jarrett apparently prefers to keep her faith private. It is widely rumoured that she is Muslim, but rumours involving political figures and their advisers should be treated with suspicion.
Snopes.com investigated and reports, "We've found no evidence Valerie Jarrett is (or ever was) Muslim, her only apparent connection to that religion being incidental one that she temporarily lived in a predominantly Muslim country with her American parents for the first few years of her life."

Truthorfiction.com:

• Summary of eRumor: Senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett is a Muslim and previously said she wanted to help America become more like Islamic countries.
• The Truth: Valerie Jarrett has never identified herself as a Muslim, and there is no record of her saying that she wanted to help make America more like Islamic countries.
  

Truthorfiction.com identified the source of this as a social media post that went viral, claiming that Valerie Jarrett uttered a comment about making America more Islamic while she was attending school at Stanford University back in 1977: "I am a Iranian by birth and of my Islamic faith. I am also an American and I seek to help change America to be a more Islamic country. My faith guides me and I feel like it is going well in the transition of using freedom of religion in America against itself."

Of the alleged comment by Jarrett, it says, "The quote's sentence construction isn't consistent with the way American students at high-level universities like Stanford talk. It appears to have been said by someone who isn't very familiar with the English language." To this, it could be added that a brief comment by a then unremarkable university student is most unlikely to have been remembered after so many years, in such clear detail, unless a document can be produced, written at that time in her own handwriting.

rumorcheck.org also dismisses the rumour that Jarrett is a Muslim.

As she was born to American parents serving briefly as part of an American aid program in Iran, it can be assumed Valerie Jarrett is probably a Christian. But does it matter?

Answer 2

Valerie Jarrett apparently prefers to keep her faith private. It is widely rumoured that she is Muslim, but rumours involving political figures and their advisers should be treated with suspicion.
Snopes.com investigated and reports, "We've found no evidence Valerie Jarrett is (or ever was) Muslim, her only apparent connection to that religion being incidental one that she temporarily lived in a predominantly Muslim country with her American parents for the first few years of her life."

Truthorfiction.com:

• Summary of eRumor: Senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett is a Muslim and previously said she wanted to help America become more like Islamic countries.
  
• The Truth: Valerie Jarrett has never identified herself as a Muslim, and there is no record of her saying that she wanted to help make America more like Islamic countries.

Truthorfiction.com identified the source of this as a social media post that went viral, claiming that Valerie Jarrett uttered a comment about making America more Islamic while she was attending school at Stanford University in 1977: "I am a Iranian by birth and of my Islamic faith. I am also an American and I seek to help change America to be a more Islamic country. My faith guides me and I feel like it is going well in the transition of using freedom of religion in America against itself."Â

Of the alleged comment by Jarrett, it says, "The quote's sentence construction isn't consistent with the way American students at high-level universities like Stanford talk. It appears to have been said by someone who isn't very familiar with the English language." To this, it could be added that a brief comment by a then unremarkable university student is most unlikely to have been remembered in such clear detail, unless a document can be produced, written at that time in her own handwriting.

rumorcheck.org also dismisses the rumour that Jarrett is a Muslim.

As she was born to American parents serving briefly as part of an American aid program in Iran, it can be assumed Valerie Jarrett is probably a Christian. But does it matter?

Answer 3

Valerie Jarrett was raised in a secular upbringing, with her father being of African-American Baptist descent and her mother being of European descent and practicing Christianity. Jarrett herself has not publicly identified with any specific religion.

Answer 4

Unknown. Claims that she is Muslim are false and without basis.