Yousuf Deedat Yousuf Deedat, the son of the prominent Muslim theologian Ahmed Deedat, has passed away after being shot outside a courtroom yesterday. Yousuf Deedat, who was himself an Islamic theologian and activist, died at St Anne’s Hospital near Durban this afternoon after going into a coma. He was airlifted to hospital after being shot by an unknown gunman. Raees Deedat, his son, said “His family and friends were at his bedside when he passed away peacefully. The family conveys their heartfelt gratitude for the support they received from family, friends and the community. May his soul rest in peace.” The chairperson of the Imam Hussein mosque in Verulam, Azad Seedat, paid tribute to Deedat, who he’s known for 30 years, describing him as a wonderful person. “He got along with everybody. He visited our mosque and supported us during our time of need. We are shocked at what transpired,” Seedat said. Ahmed Deedat A former neighbour of Deedat’s, Sharmaine Sewshanker, said he was a well-known community activist who was always willing to help. “He never turned anybody away that pitched up at his door for assistance. He always went the extra mile,” she said. Meanwhile, the American Muslim scholar, Yasir Qadhi, said “I strongly urge the South African authorities to find the murderer who did this heinous deed and bring him to justice in this world, and as for the ultimate justice this will be meted out on the Day of Judgement. “May Allah grant Yusuf Deedat the status of the shaheed and forgive his sins and exalt his ranks and give sabr to his family.” Sign up for regular updates straight to your inboxSubscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest news and updates from around the Muslim world! It is not known what Deedat was doing at court when he was shot. The director of private security company Reaction Unit South Africa, Prem Balram, said a man simply walked up to Deedat, shot him, and fled to a parked vehicle. “On arrival, the victim was found lying face down on the pavement,” said Balram. Police spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said Deedat was walking with his wife when he was shot. Mbele said the motive for the shooting was not known. She confirmed the suspect was still on the run. Yousuf Deedat’s janaza is due to take place tomorrow at the Verulam Wick Street Mosque after fajr prayers. Add your comments below2 EDITOR'S PREFACE The following is the text of a conversation between the famous European playwright and intellectual, George Bernard Shaw, and the famous Islamic scholar and missionary, Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqui. They met in Mombasa, in British-occupied Kenya, 65 years ago on April 17, 1935. Shaw, the literary genius, rationalist and The family of controversial Durban Islamic scholar Yousuf Deedat, who was gunned down outside the Verulam family court in January, are still waiting for his killer to be brought to known for his contentious views on Christianity and Hinduism, was with his wife Yasmin when an unknown gunman opened fire on him before was about to attend court when the incident son, Raees Deedat, told SowetanLIVE sister publication TimesLIVE on Wednesday that he is still waiting to hear from the police about his father's case."The wheels of justice turns slowly, but they do turn. We just have to have faith," he said. Police spokesperson Capt Nqobile Gwala said the matter is still under investigation and no arrests had been made."We are appealing to anyone who might have information about the suspects involved to contact Verulam police on 032 541 5203 or Crime Stop on 08600 10111."The family is advised to visit the station commander if they are not pleased with the progress of the investigation," said son of the fiery late Muslim scholar Sheik Ahmed, Deedat was known to have close relations with the family of Osama bin Laden and was the founder of the Islamic Propagation Centre International, through which the Deedats once distributed controversial reading material denigrating other claimed the Bin Ladens had poured money into propagating Islam in was often mired in controversy. One of the more recent incidents was in 2016, when parents at Northwood High School in Durban accused him of trying to recruit pupils into Islamic
Comparativescholar and activist Yousuf Ahmed Deedat has been reported to be in a stable condition at an undisclosed private hospital after he was shot in the head outside the Verulam Family Court,
Islamic Preacher Youssef Ahmed Deedat - Youtube CAIRO - 16 January 2020 Youssef Ahmed Deedat, the son of the Islamic Preacher Ahmed Deedat, was shot in the head outside Verulam Family Court in Durban city in South Africa. The community activist, 65 years old, was airlifted to hospital and is suffering a serious injury, according to Independent Online IOL South African news website. The website said that Youssef Deedat and his wife were walking towards the court in the morning, when an unknown suspect opened fire, injuring Deedat in his head. The suspect drove away from the incident site. Social media users launched a hashtag “Assassination of Youssef Deedat” that attracted thousands of angry comments and reactions against the accident, wishing him a speed recovery. The police said that the motive for the shooting is still unknown, and the suspect was still on the run, according to IOL. Died in 2005, Sheikh Ahmed Deedat was a prominent South African Muslim preacher, who is known for his interfaith public debates. Deedat's son, Youssef, is a prominent community activist in the city of Durban.
AhmedDeedat Ahmed Laat Ahmed Moait Ahmed Palanpuri Aisha begum Alama Anwar Ul Mustafa Hamdami Yousuf Ludhyanvi Yusuf Estes Yusuf Islam Zafar-ul-Hassan Madni Zaid Shakir Zain-ul-AbideenDurban - COMMUNITY activist Yousuf Ahmed Deedat, 65, was still in a critical condition last night after being shot in the head in a suspected hit outside the Verulam Family Court on according to the family, was being treated at St Anne’s Hospital in director of private security company Reaction Unit South Africa Rusa, Prem Balram, said a man walked up to Deedat, shot him, and fled to a vehicle parked along Groom Street.“On arrival, the victim was found lying face down on the pavement,” said spokesperson Colonel Thembeka Mbele said Deedat was walking with his wife when he was shot. Mbele said the motive for the shooting was not known. The suspect was still on the chairperson of the Imam Hussein mosque in Verulam, Azad Seedat, described Deedat, who he’s known for 30 years, as a wonderful person.“He got along with everybody. He visited our mosque and supported us during our time of need. We are shocked at what transpired,” Seedat former neighbour of Deedat’s, Sharmaine Sewshanker, said he was a well-known community activist who was always willing to help.“He never turned anybody away that pitched up at his door for assistance. He always went the extra mile,” she son, Raees, said while his dad was in a critical condition, the family was hopeful of his recovery.“The next 48 hours are vital for his as he receives the best medical care available. Please join the family in praying for him. We thank the public for their good wishes and request that the family’s privacy is respected during this traumatic period,” he was not known yesterday what Deedat was doing at court, but he was no stranger to controversy and August 2016, he sued a Verulam magistrate after his eight cats disappeared from his home in Trevenen Post newspaper reported that the magistrate secured a final restraining order against Deedat after Deedat was charged for pointing a gun at and harassing a Verulam to the Post, Deedat claimed a man known to the woman was behind the “orchestrated” charges because he Deedat had declined to sell his parents’ property to him. Deedat said in papers filed in the Durban Magistrate’s Court that the Lotusville property was regarded as a Muslim heritage late father, Ahmed Deedat, a Muslim missionary, died in August 2005, aged 87. Both father and son were fiery speakers who courted controversy. Deedat sr was known for his inflammatory books and videos on Hinduism and Christianity, and set up the Islamic Propagation Centre International in DrYusuf Dadoo Grey September 2016, the Post newspaper reported that Deedat issued a letter of demand for compensation of R200 000 against a Greenwood Park police captain for allegedly having him detained for more than 25 hours with nine other suspects in a small cell.“I am 62 years old and struggled to breathe in the cell. I was treated like a criminal,” he told the was also arrested for allegedly issuing Isis-related pamphlets at a Durban North school. He said the case against him fell flat after a magistrate informed the prosecutor that it was on “shaky ground”. He claims he suffered loss of reputation, harm to his dignity and self-respect, and that he and his family were put in dangerGrey Street Mosque chairperson AVMohamed, who was in Pakistan when he received news of the attack on Deedat, said whoever ordered the alleged hit must be brought to News
modifier- modifier le code - modifier Wikidata. Hadrat Abu Yaqub Yusuf Hamdani (mort en 1140) est le premier enseignant soufi d'Asie Centrale connu simplement comme Khwajagan (Maître) de l'ordre Naqshbandiyya .Leading Muslim scholar and activist Yousuf Deedat, 65, passed away at St Anne’s hospital in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Friday South African activist and son of a deceased prominent Muslim preacher Ahmed Deedat was shot outside a court in the coastal city of Durban on Wednesday, January 15. “The family conveys their heartfelt gratitude for the support they received from family, friends and the community. May his soul rest in peace,” his son Raees Deedat scholars across the world have mourned with grief and pain the loss of the prominent activist, urging the South African government to investigate his murder.“Yusuf Deedat, son of Ahmed Deedat, just succumbed to his wounds and passed away. I strongly urge the S. African authorities to find the murderer who did this heinous deed and bring him to justice in this world – and as for the ultimate Justice, that will be meted out on Judgment Day,” American Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi wrote on Facebook.“May Allah grant Yusuf Deedat the status of a shahīd, and forgive his sins and exalt his ranks, and give sabr to his family!”Renowned Muslim scholar Yusuf Estes also mourned the loss of Sheikh Yousuf Deedat.“Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon – From Allah we come and to Allah is the return. I knew Yousuf Deedat personally from visits to South Africa after 9/11. He was quite an amazing person,” Estes ScholarAhmed DeedatSheikh Ahmed Deedat, who died in 2005, was a prominent South African Muslim missionary who held several interfaith public debates with evangelical was known across the world as a respected public speaker and writer who published several widely-distributed booklets on Islam and was the founder of the Islamic Propagation Centre International, which aims for Islam to be heard and understood across the late Deedat was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 1986 for his 50 years of missionary son Yousuf is a famous community activist and Muslim scholar in Durban. Police said they were still investigating the reason behind his shooting.
Durban MINA – Ulama terkemuka Afrika, Yousuf Deedat, wafat pada Jumat (17/1) setelah ditembak di Durban, Afrika Selatan pada hari Rabu. Polisi mengatakan, Yousuf Deedat (65) putra ulama terkemuka, Syaikh
Yousuf Deedat, the son of Muslim scholar Ahmed Deedat passed away on January 17. He had been shot in the head two days earlier outside the courthouse in the town of Verulam on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where his family had lived for years. Deedat was immediately airlifted to a hospital where he was stabilised by doctors, but succumbed to his injuries with family and friends at his bedside. Yousuf was born in 1953 and grew up in rural As-Salaam on the south coast of Natal where his father had established a mission in the hope of spreading Islam among the indigenous peoples. After completing his schooling and training as a motor mechanic, Deedat joined the International Propagation Centre International, which his father had founded. Ahmed acquired global fame in the Muslim world when he “defeated” the American Pentecostal evangelist Christian Jimmy Swaggart in public debate and was bestowed with the prestigious King Faisal Foundation’s Service to Islam’ award in 1986. The debate and the award enhanced his reputation in the Islamic world, and he spent the next decade touring the Muslim world, as well as Western countries like Australia, the US, and the UK, presenting talks on comparative religion and engaging in debates with Christian and Jewish scholars. During all these travels, Yousuf was ever-present at the side of his energetic but ageing father. Ahmed suffered a stroke in 1996 and was bedridden until his death in 2005. During this period, Yousuf was at his father’s bedside, taking care of him while also attending to the numerous visitors who came from all parts of the world. They included the likes of the African academic Ali Mazrui, US Muslim leader, Louis Farrakhan, and Indian comparative religion specialist Dr Zakir Naik, who was inspired by Ahmed. Yousuf was outspoken on many issues and this rankled many people. During the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, for example, Jews were irate that he carried banners seeking to declare Israel a racist state. He also distributed the controversial video that his father produced, From Hinduism to Islam’, which is critical of Hinduism at a time, ironically, when Muslims globally were demanding that the West stop its attacks on Islam. Around 2016, Yousuf was arrested on suspicion of being an ISIS recruiter. He was also charged with threatening and pointing a firearm at a Verulam resident. Yousuf defended himself and eventually all charges were dropped with a magistrate finding that there was no corroborating evidence’ to substantiate any of the charges. Following his acquittal, Yousuf was adamant that the arrest was a conspiratorial attempt by the police to intimidate him because of his religious activities and he sued the magistrate, police and the state for wrongful arrest. He also sued Independent newspapers for being Islamophobic for publishing articles demeaning Islam. Both cases were being heard in the courts at the time of his shooting, leading to speculation that his death may be related to these legal matters. Goolam Vahed, Professor of History, The University of KwaZulu Natal. .