Shaikh Ahmed Deedat Passes on.

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Renowned S African Muslim cleric dies

Monday 08 August 2005, 17:50 Makka Time, 14:50 GMT

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4CC33965-ACC4-4ACD-83A2-FE5A51007EE4.htm

Famed South African Islamic thinker and preacher Shaikh Ahmed Deedat has passed away at the age of 87 after a long struggle with illness.
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Deedat, who died on Monday in the South African city of Durban, suffered a stroke in 1996 and had been bedridden ever since.
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His career in comparative religion involved him in dialogue with the heads of the Protestant church in America and the late Pope John Paul II.

In the 1980s, Deedat was known for his debates with the priest Jimmy Stitchwort and had been refused entry to France and Nigeria on the grounds his opinions might cause civil unrest.

He was awarded the prestigious King Faisal Award in 1986 for service to Islam.

After a lifetime of struggle to serve Islam, Sheikh Deedat dies
8/8/2005 10:47:00 AM GMT

http://www.islamonline.com/cgi-bin/news_service/world_full_story.asp?service_id=1682

Sheikh Ahmed Hussein Deedat, the founder of The Islamic Propagation Centre International, died this morning at the age of 87.

The funeral will be held at the Lotusville Masjid, thereafter proceeding to the Verulam Cemetery at about 6pm this evening.
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His extensive knowledge of the Bible and humorous way of explaining Religion, made Christians he had close contact with re-examine their faith, specially those aspects of the Bible and the Qur'an that speak about the divine mission and life of Prophet Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him).
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In 1936, he worked at a store near a Christian seminary, on the Natal South Coast. Nonstop insults of the trainee missionaries against Islam inflamed Ahmed’s desire to defend his religion against their false propaganda.

In the store, Sheikh Ahmed found this book entitled "Izharul Haq"; Truth revealed, which explained and listed the techniques and enormous success of Muslims in India in turning the tables against Christian missionary under the British rule. The book basically tackled the idea of holding debates and this had an amazing effect on Sheikh Deedat.

Sheikh Ahmed purchased his first Bible and started to have long discussions with the trainee missionaries, he actually invited their teachers and priests in the surrounding areas to join their debates. His success in those discussions laid his leg on the path of Da’wah


May Allah forgive his sins, and grant Brother Deedat the glad tidings of paradise.

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1. thank you for this post

It shows a way of having a dialog with all the people of the Book.