How Deedat Made Me Daaee - Dr. Zakir Naik explains Sheikh Ahmed Deedat's contribution behind him becoming a daaee (Islamic missionary). Introduction of Sheikh Ahmed Deedat: The charming and charismatic founder of the IPCI, born in July 1, 1918 in the Surat district of India, was an Islamic scholar, author and lecturer. His family migrated to South Africa in 1927. He established the first Islamic religious institution in South Africa to train preachers at the ...