Christian Right's Favorite Muslim Convert Exposed as Jihadi Fraud (shades of Mike Warnke!)

Ergun Caner's rise to the top of conservative evangelical celebrity -- and to the presidency of the Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell -- was fueled by how aggressively he capitalized on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to portray himself as a personal example of the power of Jesus to save even someone raised as a jihadist, which he claimed to be.

There's only one problem with that part of Caner's story: it appears not to be true.

Nice piece of citizen-fueled investigative journalism. The guy claimed he was born in Turkey and trained to be a terrorist when in actuality he was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Turkish father then moved with his parents to Ohio when he was 8. Is anybody else reminded of Mike Warnke? Check out the Alternet article for the full story.