{"id":22311,"date":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=c08bb69f18dd994f798eebc41c0d77c7"},"modified":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:00:00","slug":"son-of-noted-muslim-preacher-shot-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/son-of-noted-muslim-preacher-shot-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of noted Muslim preacher shot in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
DURBAN, A South African activist and son of a deceased prominent Muslim preacher is fighting for his life in a hospital after he was shot outside a court in the coastal city of Durban on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Police colonel Thembeka Mbele said 65-year-old Yousuf Deedat son of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat was shot in the head as he walked towards the Verulam family court on the outskirts of Durban with his wife.<\/p>\n
Mbele said an unknown suspect opened fire, shooting Deedat in the head. He was later rushed to a hospital for medical attention, while the suspect fled in a car in an unknown direction.<\/p>\n
He is in critical condition in a local hospital. While his injuries remain severe, we remain hopeful for Deedat’s recovery, Deedat’s family said in a statement late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
They also requested the family’s privacy be respected.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Ahmed Deedat, who died in 2005, was a prominent South African Muslim missionary who held several interfaith public debates with evangelical Christians.<\/p>\n
He was known across the world as a respected public speaker and writer who published several widely-distributed booklets on Islam and Christianity.<\/p>\n
He was the founder of the Islamic Propagation Centre International, which aims for Islam to be heard and understood across the world.<\/p>\n
The late Deedat was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 1986 for his 50 years of missionary work.<\/p>\n
His son Yousuf is a famous community activist and Muslim scholar in Durban. Police said they were still investigating the reason behind his shooting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Nam News Network<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DURBAN, A South African activist and son of a deceased prominent Muslim preacher is fighting for his life in a hospital after he was shot outside a court in the coastal city of Durban on Wednesday.Police colonel Thembeka Mbele said 65-year-old Yousuf D…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n