It has come to my attention that a group of corrupt Christians on the internet are

focussing their hateful and deceitful propaganda on Sheikh Ahmed Deedat.

Ahmed Deedat, for those of you who do not know, was a self learned scholar of
comparative religion and a debater for Islam who resided in South Africa. Yes, he
was a Muslim who was familiar with Christianity and thus debated many Christians
and proved to be highly successful in his ministry to Christians, so much so that
he gained approbation, love and friendship all over the world from both Muslims
and non-Muslims.

His charismatic oratory skills were gripping and perhaps he would be remembered
best for coupling these oratory skills (and charisma) with piercing and coherent
arguments.

He has of course passed away (in 2005) but it does appear as though a smear
campaign against Deedat has begun on the internet. I do feel this smear campaign
must be addressed as the perpetrators are looking to poison the well of
discussion.

Deedat, before his death, had a stroke and was paralysed to the extent that he
could not speak and communicated using his eyelids. This was seen, by the Muslims,
as a test from Allah. Indeed Deedat had accomplished so much prior to this but
continued in his work even whilst paralysed.

The reason why I mention this is due to this small group of Christians on the
internet making deceptive claims about Deedat.

Their first claim is that Deedat prayed to God to mute whoever was wrong and a
liar after his debate with the Christian evangelist named Anis Shorrosh. There is
no evidence for this claim despite all the Deedat-Shorrosh debate being documented
on video. So this claim is dismissed as a lie.

In fact Muslims could do the same thing and claim that Shorrosh prayed and asked
God to have the authorities arrest and jail the one who is wrong. Anis Shorrosh
was arrested an imprisoned after his debate with Deedat [1].

Or Muslims could claim the infamous Christian evangelist Jimmy Swaggart (who also
debated Deedat) prayed to God to ask whoever was wrong to be humiliated by caught
in a high profile sex scandal [2]. Swaggart was caught in a sex scandal and was
humiliated in public.

Of course it would be absurd to claim these allegations against Shorrosh and

Swaggert as there is no evidence for these claims. This is the reason why Muslims
do not do this whilst these Christians have moved into the realms of deception by
making false claims of this nature against Deedat.

It seems, Deedat (even after his death) is still being used to point out errors to
Christians as these Christians claim to have the Holy Spirit (which Christians
believe to be God) inside them whilst claiming Muslims are misguided.
Interestingly enough Muslims are refraining from lying about Deedat’s opponents
whilst these Christians are lying about Deedat. Surely the guided ones would
refrain from lying? Surely if these Christians really had a Holy Spirit within
them they would not lie about Deedat. Thus it seems Allah (God) is showing these
Christians some truth and wisdom through Deedat, whether they are too blind to see
it lies with them.

The other claim these Christians make is that of God punishing Deedat for speaking
out against Christianity by paralysing him.
This claim is another fanciful claim based on no evidence at all and is somewhat
contradictory to Christian teachings. Their premise is that Deedat sinned due to
him speaking against the Trinity and the Bible and thus he was “punished” by
paralysis.

Firstly the Muslim belief is that those who are paralysed or struck by a severe
illness are to be honoured and looked after and not to be labelled as sinners.
This is a test that Allah (God) sends to these individuals and indeed a test to
the healthy so we can aid and support these people without stigmatising these
people as sinners or unworthy souls.

In Islam, disabled people are indeed equal to those who are able-bodied. This I
believe to be a fine teaching indeed, a teaching many Christians could benefit
from too.

So we realise that this group of Christians who label Deedat as a “sinner” being
“punished” by paralysis are insulting all those who have been paralysed, lost
functions of any body part or struck with a sever/debilitating illness. The
question is; is this pious and pure behaviour on the part of the Christians?
Surely not!

Surely the Muslim belief offers more comfort to the paralysed, ill, elderly and
infirm whilst this group of Christians insult and offer discomfort to these
people. Again, it seems to me that Allah (God) is using Deedat to teach these
Christians more wisdom and truth, whether they choose to remain blind and
unreceptive to this truth and wisdom is down to them.

Also, Hitler was a great sinner, Why did God not send paralysis on him as a
“punishment”? Do these Christians believe God approved of Hitler’s actions?

Also let us look at the friends of Jesus, his sincere companions and followers
were terrorised and oppressed by the Romans during and after the ministry of
Jesus. Do these same Christians believe that God was punishing them for sins?
Interestingly enough Paul was one of those who were oppressing these sincere
followers of Jesus. This is food for thought for the Christians.

However, to completely dispel any doubts and thoroughly refute this group of
Christians who have resorted to arguments based on bigotry against paralysed and
severely ill people we can look to pious Biblical figures and see their plight.

John the Baptist, according to the Christian belief, was imprisoned and later
beheaded. Muslims do not consider this to be a punishment from God and believe
John the Baptist to be a truly respected Prophet of God. Do the Christians really
believe God was punishing John the Baptist? Surely this was a test for John the
Baptist and a test for his followers and those around him. This was no punishment.
So if this was not a punishment from God then surely the condition of Deedat was
not a punishment from God but a test.

We can also look at the view that Isaac went blind in his later years. Surely
these Christians do not believe God was punishing the well respected Isaac? Well,
if they do not believe that about Isaac then why would they believe it about
Deedat? It seems these Christians are operating a double standard. Their hypocrisy
and inconsistencies are being highlighted through Deedat, again it is down to them
to accept this criticism and correct their selves.

My message to these Christians to correct their deceptive ways will be further

strengthened by "A man who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly
be destroyed--without remedy." (Proverbs 29:1)

Further food for thought goes to babies who are born with paralysis or other
health implications. Do these Christians and Christians in general really believe
God is punishing these innocent babies? Surely God is not punishing these babies
so why do these Christians argue against Deedat in this fashion.

Christians regularly claim God loves every body; the question has got to be where
is the love and compassion of these Christians who insult the memory of Deedat and
hurt his living family members and friends (both Muslim and non-Muslim).

It may come as no surprise to those familiar with the Biblical sayings of Jesus
that Deedat and those who believed Jesus to be a Prophet are the target of evil
lies as Jesus is reported to have said;

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds
of evil against you because of me”. (Matthew 5:11)

In fact I put it to you that God loves Sheikh Ahmed Deedat more than he loves
these Christians who are making such deceptive claims.

All Biblical Quotes are from the New International Version of the Bible

References

[1] News report concerning Shorrosh’s arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=SndHKXLR17k

[2] BBC article on the Swaggart scandal:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/21/newsid_2565000/256519
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