English. Ahmed Deedat was born in the town of Tadkeshwar, Surat District, Gujarat, India in 1918. [3] His father had emigrated to South Africa shortly after the birth of Ahmed Deedat. At the age of 9, Deedat left India to join his father in what is now known as Kwazulu-Natal. 8 Aug 2015. Sheikh Deedat was a charismatic, self-taught Muslim scholar from South Africa, most famous for engaging Christian evangelists in public debate. In 1986, he debated Jimmy Swaggart and Ahmed Hussain Deedat was born in 1918 in the Surat district of the Indian province (now state) of Gujarat to a devout Muslim family. In 1927 he left India to join his father who was working in the South African city of Durban. Sheikh Ahmed Hussein Deedat (1918 - 2005), was a Muslim scholar of Comparative religion, an author, lecturer, and an orator. He was best known for witty inter-religious public debates. Early life Deedat was born in India's Surat province in 1918. His father, a tailor, immigrated to South Africa soon after. In 1927, Deedat joined him in the city of Durban, on the east coast of South Ahmed Deedat is considered as one the great missionary scholars of Christology both from Islamic and Christian sides. As the studies about 'Deedatian Revolution' imply that it had far-reaching results, it could be analyzed as zealous effort of puritan Muslim to save whole human kind from absurd and superseded beliefs. tEfx1.

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