religion birth_place image_size ethnicity name birth_date residency image article_title birth_name occupation
southern baptist convention stockholm , sweden 200px turkish father -rrb- ergun m. caner 03 november 1966 lynchburg , virginia erguncaner.jpg ergun caner
 ergun michael caner christian apologist ; higher education administrator
ergun caner

ergun michael caner -lrb- born november 3 , 1966 -rrb- is a swedish-american academic , author , and baptist minister , who became well known for his book , co-authored with his brother , on islam and his claims that he was a devout muslim trained as a terrorist , claims since disputed .
he emigrated to the united states at age four and claimed to have converted to christianity in the early 1980s .
caner is the former president of brewton-parker college in mount vernon , georgia .
he previously served as the provost and vice president of academic affairs at arlington baptist college and was the former dean of the liberty baptist theological seminary and graduate school of liberty university .
he was removed from this position after it became clear to liberty university faculty and the liberty university board that he contradicted himself while making factual statements .
on january 20 , 2015 , brewton-parker college announced that dr. caner was stepping down due to the inability to properly grieve for his deceased son , braxton , who had committed suicide on july 29 , 2014 .
however , it has since been alleged by several sources , as reported in the publication `` southeast georgia today '' , that dr. caner was forced to resign over some racially insensitive remarks he had made .
he has authored and co-authored several books , many of which discuss islam and christianity .
his book , `` unveiling islam '' , co-authored with his brother emir , sold more than 200,000 copies and has been translated into six languages .
it also received a 2003 gold medallion book award by the evangelical christian publisher 's association .
