CL Edwards - Exposed as another FAKE Ex Muslim

Assalamalaikum Warehmatullahi Wabarakatuhu,

CL Edwards is one of the apologists doing the rounds on ABN SAT and has debated prominent Muslims such as Shadid Lewis in recent times. He is active on YouTube and Facebook proclaiming the Gospel of Christ to Muslims, in particular. I had the opportunity to speak to him recently on his Facebook page. It initiated with him posting a video where one of the sub sects of Islam was seen performing certain actions contrary to the teachings of Islam.

Below is a snapshot of the video that CL posted including his comments on the video itself.

To be honest, most Muslims including myself are skeptical about CL's claims of being an ex Muslim. The portrayal on his twitter page shows him to be an Ex Salafi Muslim with an appearance of a devout Muslim as confirmed by his friend, David Wood on his website. See below:

In light of the above, my contention is that a devout Salafi should know the names and practices of the different sub sects of the people in the video that CL shared on his Facebook page. Salafis keep close track of all other sects and denominations as they adhere to a strict form of Islam distancing themselves from additions and innovations into the religion. The practices in the video are regarded as an innovation and treated with disdain by Salafi Muslims.

So, I questioned him on the sect of Islam in his video post. His response was somewhat strange albeit it was supposed to be a simple answer for an Ex Salafi Muslim.

Shouldn't he have known the sect already by name? Barelwis who follow the concept of pir and fakir? He just responded with what the writer of the initial video wrote in the first place.

I followed it up with another question.

And it got worse for him as he kept responding to the comments. No straightforward answer forthcoming with resorting to answering a question with a question - a clear indication of him avoiding the question.

He failed to answer basic questions about salah, deen and the name of the sect in his video post thus far. Now he throws in a few blows in the opposite direction totally unrelated to the topic. Notice he still hasn't answered basic questions.

  

Futile in my efforts to get a respond from CL Edwards, I decided to end the conversation with the following post.

It is clear that CL Edwards was NEVER an Ex Salafi Muslim let alone a Muslim. His association with deceptive apologists such as David Wood and Sam Shamoun who have publicly advertised CL Edward's ex Muslim affiliation only adds more weight to the claim.

He could not answer basic questions on Islam. His tactics of avoiding the question and writing in the manner that he did is what we have come to expect from Christian Evangelicals. It has become the norm.

Stay vigilant and stay alert. Alot of Ex Muslims have been exposed to be frauds. More prominent frauds include Ergun Caner, Walid Shoebat and Nabeel Qureshi. We can safely put CL Edwards into that category. He knows in his heart and his affair lies with the One who created him. But we have to make naive Muslims and Christians aware of their tactics.

If a person, is a known liar, what more reason do we have to listen to him? None.

Wsalam,
Shehzad
(darkness2noor)