Ahmed Hussein Deedat was a Muslim writer and public speaker of Indian South African

Indian South Africans

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 descent. He was best known for his numerous inter-religious public debates with evangelical

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 Christians, as well as pioneering video lectures, most of which centered around Islam

Islam

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, Christianity

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 and the Bible

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. He also established the IPCI, an international Islamic missionary organization, and wrote several booklets on Islam and Christianity which were widely distributed by the organization.