Ahmed Deedat

Also known as Ahmed Husein Deedat

South African writer and orator (1918–2005)

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Born: Ahmed Husein Deedat , ( 1918-07-01 ) 1 July 1918, Tadkeshwar , Bombay Presidency , British India
Died: 8 August 2005 (2005-08-08) (aged 87), Verulam , KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa
Resting place: Verulam cemetery
Spouse: Hawa Deedat ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1937 )
Children: Yusuf Deedat
Parents: Hussien Kazem Deedat (father) Fatma Deedat (mother)
Religion: Islam
Denomination: Sunni
Jurisprudence: Hanafi
Profession: Missionary Orator Writer
Awards: King Faisal International Prize (1986)
Years active: 1942–1996
Known for: Comparative religion
Website: Ahmed-Deedat.net

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Instance of: human
Given name: Ahmed
Gender: male
Citizenship: Dominion of India
Place of birth: Surat
Place of death: Verulam
Occupation: orator
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Sunni Islam
Official website: www.ahmed-deedat.net

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date of birth: 1918-07-01
date of death: 2005-08-08
Commons category: Ahmed Deedat
name in native language: احمد حسين ديد
start of work period: 1942-00-00
end of work period: 2005-00-00
honorific prefix: sheikh
honorific suffix: rahimahullah

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Encyclopedic overview

Ahmed Husein Deedat (1 July 1918 – 8 August 2005) was a South African-Indian Islamic author, intellectual, and orator on comparative religion. 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. He was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 1986 for his fifty years of missionary work. He wrote and lectured in English.

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