Ergun Mehmet Caner, Another Fake Ex Terrorist

by Sheila Musaji

Dr. Ergun Caner, the former president of Jerry Falwell’s Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, was a rising star on the Religious Right, entertaining audiences at major Religious Right gatherings with his hip, irreverent stories about his upbringing as a radical Muslim and his conversion to Christianity.  He is also the author of “Unveiling Islam: An Insider’s Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs”.

He is an ex-Muslim who has converted to Christianity, and claims to be a former terrorist.  His claims don’t hold up any better than do those of Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zachariah Anani.

Rightwing Watch (see full story which includes numerous links) notes

Turns out, according to a growing chorus of critics – many of them Southern Baptists and other Christians – Caner has apparently been lying for years about his childhood and his life story. It’s hard to even summarize the extent of the deceptions being described by his critics, but they include his claims to have grown up in Turkey and to have personally involved in Islamic Jihad, when court records from his parents’ divorce place him in Columbus, Ohio when he was just a few years old. Check some of the critical websites for voluminous debunking of Caner’s colorful (and apparently fanciful) stories about learning about America through TV broadcasts in Turkey and more. Some charges are even more directly related to his ministry, such as his claims to have debated top Muslim scholars around the world. Caner’s critics say there’s no evidence of those debates.
These are no vague or reckless charges, but carefully documented exposes that draw from Caner’s sermons, speeches, and online videos, and other public records.  Liberty doesn’t seem to have responded publicly, but recently posted a revised version of Caner’s bio with disputed claims removed.

FULL ARTICLE FROM THE AMERICAN MUSLIM