Ahmed Hoosen Deedat (Gujarati: અહમદ હુસેન દીદત) (1 July 1918 - 8 August 2005) was a South African writer and public speaker of Indian descent.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.

Ahmed Deedat
Religion: Islam
Denomination: Sunni
Jurisprudence: Shafi'i
Creed: Ash'ari

Personal:
Born:
Ahmed Hoosen Deedat
1 July 1918
Surat, Bombay Presidency, British India

Died:
8 August 2005 (aged 87)
Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Resting place: Verulam cemetery
Senior posting
Title: Sheikh, Imam

Religious career:
Professions:

Missionary
Orator
Public Speaker
Writer

Awards:
King Faisal International Prize (1986)
Website: www.ahmed-deedat.net
Years active: 1942-1996
Known for: Comparative religion
Spouse: Hawa Deedat