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Ergun Caner Loses 'Fair Use' Lawsuit In Failed Attempt To Silence Critics 04/21/2014 by Brian Tashman Ergun Caner has lost his lawsuit against a blogger who criticized the Religious Right figure as a fraud , with a federal judge ruling last week that …

Disgraced Former Liberty Dean Ergun Caner Gets New Job, Seeks To Silence Critics 12/04/2013 by Peter Montgomery If you were the trustee of a troubled college fighting to keep its accreditation, would you hire as your new president someone who was forced …

Ergun Caner Trying to Cleanse His Online Record 06/27/2013 by Peter Montgomery Ergun Caner was once the high-profile head of Liberty University’s seminary but was demoted in 2010 after bloggers and journalists poked holes in the dramatic Jihadi-to-Jesus …

Ted Cruz, Archbishop Lori Will Address FRC's 'Watchmen' Pastors 05/13/2013 by Peter Montgomery The Family Research Council’s Watchmen on the Wall conference is an annual gathering for pastors and other church leaders to hear from a panoply of right-wing …

Demoted Liberty U. Professor Heads to Fundamentalist Texas College 05/20/2011 by Peter Montgomery Ergun Caner , the former head of Liberty University’s seminary, was demoted last year after media attention, including an article I wrote for AlterNet, …

Embracing Ergun 09/18/2010 by Peter Montgomery   It was somewhat surprising to see Ergun Caner listed as a main-stage speaker at the Values Voter Summit.   After all, Caner was recently ousted from his post as the head of Liberty University’s theological …

Ergun Caner Demoted To Teaching Only On-Line Courses? 08/12/2010 by Kyle Mantyla Back in June we noted that Liberty University had decided not to retain Ergun Caner as the head LU Baptist Theological Seminary after an investigation into discrepancies and …

Egrun Caner Out As Head of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary 06/26/2010 by Kyle Mantyla Last month, PFAW Senior Fellow Peter Montgomery wrote a piece for AlterNet examining the allegations that Ergun Caner, head of Liberty University's Baptist …

Liberty U. Announces Investigation of Caner Claims 05/11/2010 by Peter Montgomery We recently noted the energetic conversation on Muslim and Christian blogs about documented discrepancies in the dramatic “Jihad to Jesus” life story told by Dr. Ergun …

Is Religious Right’s Star Ex-Muslim a Serial Liar? 04/28/2010 by Peter Montgomery 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 …