Sheikh Ahmed Deedat History

Sheik Ahmed Deedat has passed away

Symbol of the Muslim World Ustaad Sheik Ahmed Deedat has passed away.
A message for the benefit of Trustees, Director and Staff of IPCI

Early at the beginning of today, 8 August 2005/2 Rajab 1426, Sheik Ahmed Hoosen Deedat passed on to meet his Creator. This was subsequent to capitulating to an extreme stroke that left him incapacitated for more than nine years.Throughout this period, he nimbly persisted under the most troublesome individual conditions; nonetheless, not overlooking his undertaking as a daee (Islamic laborer) and a represetative of Islam, he kept on moving, teach, challenge and advise individuals about the widespread message of Islam.It is on this grave event of his end that we salute the valiant soul and wonderful work of this incredibly famous identity, a saint of the Muslim World, nay, a genuine legend of adherents all around the world!

Brief Biography of Sheik Deedat

Sheik Ahmed Hoosen Deedat was Born on the 01 July 1918 in the Surat area of India in 1918. His dad emigrated to South Africa in 1927 with him. Ahmed Deedat was a brilliant understudy and exceeded expectations in school. Absence of back interfered with his tutoring and at an early age of 16 he went up against the first of many occupations in retailing and short aide.

Subsequent to perusing a book called Izharul Haq â€" The Truth uncovered, a book about a level headed discussion with Christian Missionaries in the then British India, Sheik Deedat was impelled on toward Dawah â€" Islamic Missionary Activity to stop the tide of the then Christian surge against Islam.

Throughout the following four decades, he drenched himself into a large group of
exercises. Directing Bible classes, addresses and level headed discussions the world
over. He set up the main Islamic Seminary in Southern Africa to prepare propagators at Assalaam instructive Institute - Braemar.

He is the originator of the biggest Islamic Dawah Organization in the
world, the Islamic Propagation Center International and turned into its president.

He has distributed more than 20 books and conveyed a large number of duplicates of FREE writing and handouts the world over. A considerable lot of Sheik Deedat's distributions have been converted into the a wide range of dialects of the world : Russian, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, Bangladeshi, French, Amharic, Chinese, Japanese, Mayalam, Indonesian,, Zulu , Afrikaans, Dutch, Norwegian among others.

He conveyed a large number of addresses everywhere throughout the world, crossing all the landmasses and effectively captivating a portion of the greatest names in Christian evangelists in broad daylight talks about. Sheik Deedat's open deliberations and addresses are accessible everywhere throughout the world in the different dialects in Video and DVD organize.

His profession in the field of Comparative Religion took him over all five landmasses and exchange with the leaders of the Protestant world in America and the late Pope John Paul.

So intrepid was his remain in guarding reality that Sheik Deedat was declined passage into France and Nigeria on the affection that ` he would bring about a common agitation'. Sheik Deedat additionally got an individual telephone call at the IPCI from previous President Nelson Mandela who was in Saudi Arabia at the time, complimenting Deedat for his universal symbol status in the Muslim World.

He was granted the prestigious King Faisal Award in 1986 for his sterling administrations to Islam in the field of Propagation. May Almighty Allah favor his spirit, acknowledge his endeavors for the reason for dah'wah and allow benevolent tolerance to his friends and family amid this
attempting time.