This is the video that Ergun Caner sued to have removed. This is the video in which Caner claims to have been trained in Jihad, born in Turkey, etc. This is not doctored, edited or otherwise manipulated.
Ergun sued fellow Christians to keep this video off the Internet claiming copyrights to the video even though the video was obtained using the Freedom of Information Act and posted in Fair Use. A recent lawsuit brought by Caner was dismissed by the judge in the case.
"One of the great Islamic apologists, Shabir Ali, would always ask in debate, 'What would one man's death have to do with me?'"
A couple things to note, Ergun Caner claimed in 2007 to have debated Shabir Ally and even said that he had died. (Shabir is alive and has never debated Ergun Caner.)
Now, notice in this video, Ergun is claiming to have debated Shabir as well as "Abdul Saleeb" (which means "Servant of the Cross", for a guy who claims to know Arabic, he should have known!) The fact is, none of these debates he claims to have engaged in has ever happened. Ergun has never even met Shabir Ally.
This is the man that Arlington Baptist Seminary and now Brewton-Parker College have hired and trusted the education of their students to.
Ergun Caner was Assistant Professor of Theology and Church History at Criswell College from 2001 through 2002. What is fascinating about that is the change in his name during his time there:
Ergun Caner has been attempting for many years to scrub his record of purposeful exaggeration and outright lies. Before being fired by Liberty University, he hired a reputation-cleansing company that created several spammy blogs and commented on others the same engrish mis-spelled posts.
He has recently taken to having a local lawyer and Facebook pal issue DMCA take-downs of videosof his sermons/testimonies as well as those containing (under fair-use) clips of his videos.
The above video is property of the US Government and was publically distributed. It contains Ergun Caner making several false claims about his life to US Marines destined to fight in the Middle East.
A few Christian bloggers took to posting the actual video files on their own personal servers. Ergun in turn, today, filed lawsuits against them.
Keep in mind, most of these videos were not the property of, nor recorded by Ergun Caner. Their copyright belongs to those who recorded them. This blatant misuse of the DMCA and the suing of Christian brothers should clear up anyone's doubts about Caner's reputation.
Please share this post and/or the link to the case so that the evangelical world will see Caner for what he is. Dr. Ergun M. Caner v. Jonathan Autry et al
RFC Case Number:
C-D13-494J
Court Case Number:
4:13-cv-00494-Y
File Date:
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Plaintiff:
Dr. Ergun M. Caner
Plaintiff Counsel:
David C. Gibbs of Gibbs Law Firm PA
Defendant:
Jonathan Autry
Jason Smathers
Cause:
17:501 Copyright Infringement
Court:
Texas Northern District Court
Judge:
Judge Terry R. Means
Notes:
Date
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Docket Text
6/18/2013
3
Report to Copyright Office of Initiating Document. Form AO 121 e-mailed to 508filings@loc.gov. (mdf) (Entered: 06/18/2013)
6/18/2013
2
New Case Notes: A filing fee has been paid. File to Judge Means. Pursuant to Misc. Order 6, Plaintiff is provided the Notice of Right to Consent to Proceed Before A U.S. Magistrate Judge. Clerk to provide copy to plaintiff if not received electronically. (mdf) (Entered: 06/18/2013)
6/18/2013
1
COMPLAINT against Jonathan Autry, Jason Smathers filed by Ergun M. Caner. (Filer fee note- Clerk to add prior fee payment info here.) Clerk to issue summons(es). In each Notice of Electronic Filing, the judge assignment is indicated, and a link to the Judges Copy Requirements is provided. The court reminds the filer that any required copy of this and future documents must be delivered to the judge, in the manner prescribed, within three business days of filing. Unless exempted, attorneys who are not admitted to practice in the Northern District of Texas should seek admission promptly. Forms, instructions, and exemption information may be found at www.txnd.uscourts.gov, or by clicking here: Attorney Information - Bar Membership (Attachments: # 1 Additional Page(s) Certificate of Interested Persons, # 2 Additional Page(s) Notice to the Court) (Gibbs, David) (Entered: 06/18/2013)
6/18/2013
CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS/DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Ergun M. Caner. (See 1 Complaint for image.) (mdf) (Entered: 06/18/2013)
