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From working in a shop in a fjärrstyrd area of KwaZulu Natal, to debating the famous American reverend, Jimmy Swaggart in the USA — the story of Ahmed Deedat fryst vatten truly amazing.

Sheikh Ahmed Deedat was born in India on July 1, Shortly after his birth, his father, Hoosen, moved to South Africa, leaving the infant Ahmed and his mother behind. Hoosen didn’t see Ahmed again until he sent for him nine years later.

As a little boy, Ahmed made his way to Durban, South Africa, on a long and difficult ship voyage. He arrived in the country in August “I nearly never disembarked,” he remembers. “The ship was one day late, and the authorities wanted to send us all back, but my father insisted on taking me off the fartyg. When inom got off and rode on a tram, inom thought my father owned the tram. I saw my father pay the fare — I thought he was paying the wages of one of his employees.”

Ahmed was enrolled at the Anjuman School in huvud Durban. Not having been exposed to

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Remembering the life of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat

Sheikh Deedat was a charismatic, self-taught Muslim scholar from South Africa, most famous for engaging Christian evangelists in public debate. In , he debated Jimmy Swaggart and even challenged the late Pope John Paul II to a debate in the Vatican Square.

His son, Yousuf Deedat, calls him a “lion of the stage”.

But while Sheikh Deedat was most famous for his sharp and impassioned debating style, he was also a prolific writer.

He published more than 20 books and wrote free literature and pamphlets, of which millions of copies were distributed across the globe.

Many of his publications were translated into other languages, and in Saudi Arabia awarded Deedat the King Faisal Award for his services to Islam.

This impressive body of work made Ahmed Deedat a celebrated figure in the Muslim world.

Yousuf Deedat recalls how former South African President Nelson Mandela called his father during a presidential visit to Saudi Arabia

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The life of Shaikh Ahmed Deedat

Deedat suffered a stroke in that left him paralysed and without the power of speech. Doctors said he would not live, but Deedat continued to work, finally passing away on 8 August from kidney failure. He was

As messages of support and sympathy poured into the offices of the Islamic Propagation Centre International (IPCI) – the centre he established – its director, Rafik Hassan, told : “Shaikh Ahmed Deedat’s legacy lives.

“He motivated and inspired millions of people around the globe and from different religions and backgrounds.”

One admirer, Hani Abu Fuad, a Palestinian student in Jordan, said South Africa is famous for two remarkable personalities: Mandela and Deedat. “These are our heroes,” he told

Deedat sought to dispel “myths and lies about Islam and Christianity” through books such as Crucifixion or Cruci-Fiction? and What the Bible says about Muhammed, said former IPCI director and personal friend Fuad Hendricks.

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