Ahmed Deedat

Sheikh Ahmed Deedat
Personal
Born
Ahmed Husein Deedat[1][2]

(1918-07-01)1 July 1918
Tadkeshwar, British India
Died8 August 2005(2005-08-08) (aged 87)
Resting placeVerulam cemetery
ReligionIslam
Spouse
Hawa Deedat
​
(m. 1937)​
ChildrenYusuf Deedat
Parents
  • Hussien Kazem Deedat (father)
  • Fatma Deedat (mother)
DenominationSunni
Profession
Signature
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced
AwardsKing Faisal International Prize (1986)
Profession
WebsiteAhmed-Deedat.net
Years active1942–1996
Known forComparative religion
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Ahmed Husein Deedat (Gujarati: અહમદ હુસેન દીદત; Urdu: احمد حسین دیدات; Arabic: أحمد حسين ديدات; 1 July 1918 – 8 August 2005), was a South African and Indian self-taught Muslim thinker, author, and orator on Comparative Religion.[3][1] He was best known as a Muslim missionary, who held numerous inter-religious public debates with evangelical Christians, as well as video lectures on Islam, Christianity, and the Bible.

Deedat established the IPCI, an international Islamic missionary organisation, and wrote several widely distributed booklets on Islam and Christianity.[4] He was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 1986 for his fifty years of missionary work. He wrote and lectured in English.[5]

  1. ^ a b "King Faisal Prize | Mr. Ahmad Husein Deedat". Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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  4. ^ Deedat, Ahmed (1980). Was Jesus Crucified?. Adam Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7435-519-5.
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