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Religion Title: Is Religious Right’s Star Ex-Muslim a Serial Liar? Is Religious Rights Star Ex-Muslim a Serial Liar? Dr. Ergun Caner, the president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, has been 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. Just this week, his story was featured on Focus on the Familys broadcast, From Jihad to Jesus. 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. Its 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 Caners 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. Caners critics say theres no evidence of those debates. These are no vague or reckless charges, but carefully documented exposes that draw from Caners sermons, speeches, and online videos, and other public records. Liberty doesnt seem to have responded publicly, but recently posted a revised version of Caners bio with disputed claims removed. Some of Caners critics are willing to forgive him, but only if he owns up to his massive deceptions. Meanwhile, Caner and his supporters have been trying to get his critics to shut up. Caner himself has pulled the Religious Rights favored religious persecution card, reportedly saying in a memo to his Liberty colleagues, I never thought I would see the day when alleged Christians join with Muslims to attack converts. Meanwhile, others are starting to raise questions about the extent to which Erguns brother Emir, who heads a Baptist college in Georgia, may have assisted in Erguns deceptions, whether actively or by passively allowing false claims to go unchallenged. It doesnt look like Liberty University is going to be able to shove this under the rug. Stay tuned.
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