{"id":58764,"date":"2020-01-17T10:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T02:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58764"},"modified":"2020-01-17T10:51:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T02:51:17","slug":"son-of-noted-muslim-preacher-shot-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58764","title":{"rendered":"Son of noted Muslim preacher shot in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Islamic Preacher Youssef Ahmed Deedat \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DURBAN, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — 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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\n

They also requested the family’s privacy be respected.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\n

The late Deedat was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 1986 for his 50 years of missionary work.<\/p>\n\n\n\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. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamic Preacher Youssef Ahmed Deedat  DURBAN, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — 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 Deedat – son […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58764"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}