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Abdul Sattar Edhi: Why Google honours him today
Abdul Sattar Edhi, who founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network, would have been 89 years old on Tuesday.
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network in Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation.
Unlike wealthy individuals that fund charities in their names, Edhi dedicated his life to the poor from the age of 20, when he himself was penniless in Karachi .
The reach of Edhi's foundation grew internationally, and in 2015 the organisation raised $100,000 in aid relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Edhi was born before partition in Bantva Gujarat, India on February 28, 1928.
He died last year in Karachi of renal failure. He was offered treatment abroad, but insisted on being treated in a government hospital at home.
The Edhi Foundation's slogan is: "Live and help live".
Tuesday would have been his 89th birthday.
In his honour, Google changed its logo in the United States; Iceland; Portugal; Australia; New Zealand; Japan; Estonia; UK; Denmark; Ireland and Pakistan to a doodle, or illustration, of Edhi.
Google hailed Edhi's "super-efficient" ambulance service.
"In celebration of Abdul Sattar Edhi, let's all lend a hand to someone in need today," it said.
The technology giant's team has created over 2,000 doodles for homepages around the world. Among those recently celebrated are Pramoedya Ananta Toer , Fred Korematsu and Edmonia Lewis .
"The doodle selection process aims to celebrate interesting events and anniversaries that reflect Google's personality and love for innovation," the company says.
'No religion higher than humanity'
With more than 1,800 ambulances stationed across Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation is Pakistan's largest welfare organisation. In 1997, the foundation entered the Guinness World Records as the "largest volunteer ambulance organisation".
If you call 115 in the South Asian nation, the Edhi Foundation will answer.
In his words, at the start of his work, Edhi "begged for donations" and "people gave".
This allowed him to convert a tiny room into a medical dispensary. He also bought an ambulance that he himself drove around.
Raising more donations and enlisting medical students as volunteers, his humanitarian reach expanded across the country
Today Edhi Foundation runs outpatient hospitals, a child adoption centre and rescue boats.
It also helps in the burials of unidentified bodies .
There are cradles for "unwanted babies" outside Edhi emergency centres.
READ MORE: Thousands attend funeral for Pakistan's legendary Edhi
Throughout his life, Edhi emphasised the humanitarian, rather than religious, motivation for his work.
His foundation receives "zakat" (Islamic charity) donations, which he used to help Muslims, Christians and Hindus.
Asked why he helped non-Muslims, he said: "Because my ambulance is more Muslim than you."
He also famously lamented: "P eople have become educated ... but have yet to become human."
When he died, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: "Edhi was the real manifestation of love for those who are socially vulnerable, impoverished, helpless and poor. We have lost a great servant of humanity."
Nobel Peace Prize
Throughout his life and after he died, many questioned why Edhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize.
After the nominations in 2014, the hashtag #NobelPrizeforEdhi was created ; many said he should have been recognised instead of Malala Yousafzai , who is also from Pakistan.
In an interview with the Express Tribunenewspaper, Edhi said: "I don't care about it. The Nobel Prize doesn't mean anything to me. I want these people, I want humanity."
In that same interview, he recalled an incident that he would never forget.
"There was a woman who committed suicide by jumping into the sea along with her six children," he said. "I was really saddened while giving them 'ghusal' (Islamic washing ritual after death) as part of the funeral rituals."
According to Pakistan's Nation newspaper, the State Bank of Pakistan will next month issue a commemorative coin of Rs50 in memory of Edhi.
Edhi, who lived a modest life, helped impoverished people of all backgrounds [Anjum Naveed/AP]
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/fe...ogle-honours-angel-mercy-170227140720826.html
Abdul Sattar Edhi, who founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network, would have been 89 years old on Tuesday.
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network in Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation.
Unlike wealthy individuals that fund charities in their names, Edhi dedicated his life to the poor from the age of 20, when he himself was penniless in Karachi .
The reach of Edhi's foundation grew internationally, and in 2015 the organisation raised $100,000 in aid relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Edhi was born before partition in Bantva Gujarat, India on February 28, 1928.
He died last year in Karachi of renal failure. He was offered treatment abroad, but insisted on being treated in a government hospital at home.
The Edhi Foundation's slogan is: "Live and help live".
Tuesday would have been his 89th birthday.
In his honour, Google changed its logo in the United States; Iceland; Portugal; Australia; New Zealand; Japan; Estonia; UK; Denmark; Ireland and Pakistan to a doodle, or illustration, of Edhi.
Google hailed Edhi's "super-efficient" ambulance service.
"In celebration of Abdul Sattar Edhi, let's all lend a hand to someone in need today," it said.
The technology giant's team has created over 2,000 doodles for homepages around the world. Among those recently celebrated are Pramoedya Ananta Toer , Fred Korematsu and Edmonia Lewis .
"The doodle selection process aims to celebrate interesting events and anniversaries that reflect Google's personality and love for innovation," the company says.
'No religion higher than humanity'
With more than 1,800 ambulances stationed across Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation is Pakistan's largest welfare organisation. In 1997, the foundation entered the Guinness World Records as the "largest volunteer ambulance organisation".
If you call 115 in the South Asian nation, the Edhi Foundation will answer.
In his words, at the start of his work, Edhi "begged for donations" and "people gave".
This allowed him to convert a tiny room into a medical dispensary. He also bought an ambulance that he himself drove around.
Raising more donations and enlisting medical students as volunteers, his humanitarian reach expanded across the country
Today Edhi Foundation runs outpatient hospitals, a child adoption centre and rescue boats.
It also helps in the burials of unidentified bodies .
There are cradles for "unwanted babies" outside Edhi emergency centres.
READ MORE: Thousands attend funeral for Pakistan's legendary Edhi
Throughout his life, Edhi emphasised the humanitarian, rather than religious, motivation for his work.
His foundation receives "zakat" (Islamic charity) donations, which he used to help Muslims, Christians and Hindus.
Asked why he helped non-Muslims, he said: "Because my ambulance is more Muslim than you."
He also famously lamented: "P eople have become educated ... but have yet to become human."
When he died, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: "Edhi was the real manifestation of love for those who are socially vulnerable, impoverished, helpless and poor. We have lost a great servant of humanity."
Nobel Peace Prize
Throughout his life and after he died, many questioned why Edhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize.
After the nominations in 2014, the hashtag #NobelPrizeforEdhi was created ; many said he should have been recognised instead of Malala Yousafzai , who is also from Pakistan.
In an interview with the Express Tribunenewspaper, Edhi said: "I don't care about it. The Nobel Prize doesn't mean anything to me. I want these people, I want humanity."
In that same interview, he recalled an incident that he would never forget.
"There was a woman who committed suicide by jumping into the sea along with her six children," he said. "I was really saddened while giving them 'ghusal' (Islamic washing ritual after death) as part of the funeral rituals."
According to Pakistan's Nation newspaper, the State Bank of Pakistan will next month issue a commemorative coin of Rs50 in memory of Edhi.
Edhi, who lived a modest life, helped impoverished people of all backgrounds [Anjum Naveed/AP]
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/fe...ogle-honours-angel-mercy-170227140720826.html
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I first noticed this a couple of minutes ago on the Swedish domain of google. Kudos to google for recognizing the efforts of the great man.
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Allah rahem kare , and let us reach just 0.1% of what he achived in his life
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Thank you Google.
He was a great man. May he rest in peace.
He was a great man. May he rest in peace.
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Google did a great work.He is known as Angel of Mercy and is considered to be Pakistan's "most respected" and legendary figure.
On what would have been Abdul Sattar Edhi 89th birthday in 2017, Google's Doodles in 11 countries celebrated him for his "super-efficient" ambulance service
On what would have been Abdul Sattar Edhi 89th birthday in 2017, Google's Doodles in 11 countries celebrated him for his "super-efficient" ambulance service
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10 Abdul Sattar Edhi quotes that will leave you inspired for life
Rest in peace, Edhi sahab
By LIFE&STYLE
Jul.09,2016
Even a single word uttered by Abdul Sattar Edhi used to make a huge impact on people; that was the stature of Pakistan’s greatest philanthropist.
Throughout his life, Edhi sahab set examples for the world to follow through his actions. In fact, more work and less talk remained his principle till the very end.
Although there’s no dearth of great quotes by perhaps the greatest Pakistani who ever lived, we share with you ten which we believe will leave you inspired for the rest of your lives.
1. “My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.”
PHOTO: AFP
2. “I do not have any formal education. What use is education when we do not become human beings? My school is the welfare of humanity.”
PHOTO: AFP
3. “Never take anyone’s death to heart Bilquis. Remember God by the equality with which He implements it. Nobody is different, the richest to the poorest, from here to the end of the globe face it equally. What an example of equality.”
PHOTO: AFP
Celebrities mourn as Pakistan’s famed philanthropist Edhi dies
4. “So, many years later there were many who still complained and questioned, ‘Why must you pick up Christians and Hindus in your ambulance?’ And I was saying, ‘Because the ambulance is more Muslim than you’.”
PHOTO: AFP
5. “Empty words and long praises do not impress God. Show Him your faith by your deeds.”
PHOTO: AFP
6. “Chasing after desires creates inner turmoil. When the devil becomes guide, dacoits and gangsters are manufactured. He makes men fight against their souls to survive expensive items and most lose everything in the face of his strength. The internal enemy can only be overcome by a personal revolution.”
PHOTO: HIFFINGTONPOST
Pakistan mourns Abdul Sattar Edhi’s death
7. “The dead has only one place to go… up. Wherever you bury them, they will go the same way, up.”
PHOTO: AFP
8. “The Holy Book should open in your souls, not on your laps. Open your heart and see God’s people. In their plight you will find Him.”
PHOTO: ZAHIDURREHMAN
9. “Those who believed in changing the world were either hungry by circumstance or practiced deprivation by choice.”
PHOTO: TELEGRAPH
The angel we called Edhi
10. “Appearance is a distraction, surrendering it develops truth and humility in abundance.”
PHOTO: AFP
Rest in peace, Edhi sahab. You indeed were the richest poor man.
Google honours Edhi with doodle on 89th birthday
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Just see what indians are doing to Edhi's Wikipedia page!
They are a very disgraceful lot!
They are a very disgraceful lot!
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Abdul Sattar Edhi: Why Google honours him today
Abdul Sattar Edhi, who founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network, would have been 89 years old on Tuesday.
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the world's largest volunteer ambulance network in Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation.
Unlike wealthy individuals that fund charities in their names, Edhi dedicated his life to the poor from the age of 20, when he himself was penniless in Karachi .
The reach of Edhi's foundation grew internationally, and in 2015 the organisation raised $100,000 in aid relief for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Edhi was born before partition in Bantva Gujarat, India on February 28, 1928.
He died last year in Karachi of renal failure. He was offered treatment abroad, but insisted on being treated in a government hospital at home.
The Edhi Foundation's slogan is: "Live and help live".
Tuesday would have been his 89th birthday.
In his honour, Google changed its logo in the United States; Iceland; Portugal; Australia; New Zealand; Japan; Estonia; UK; Denmark; Ireland and Pakistan to a doodle, or illustration, of Edhi.
Google hailed Edhi's "super-efficient" ambulance service.
"In celebration of Abdul Sattar Edhi, let's all lend a hand to someone in need today," it said.
The technology giant's team has created over 2,000 doodles for homepages around the world. Among those recently celebrated are Pramoedya Ananta Toer , Fred Korematsu and Edmonia Lewis .
"The doodle selection process aims to celebrate interesting events and anniversaries that reflect Google's personality and love for innovation," the company says.
'No religion higher than humanity'
With more than 1,800 ambulances stationed across Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation is Pakistan's largest welfare organisation. In 1997, the foundation entered the Guinness World Records as the "largest volunteer ambulance organisation".
If you call 115 in the South Asian nation, the Edhi Foundation will answer.
In his words, at the start of his work, Edhi "begged for donations" and "people gave".
This allowed him to convert a tiny room into a medical dispensary. He also bought an ambulance that he himself drove around.
Raising more donations and enlisting medical students as volunteers, his humanitarian reach expanded across the country
Today Edhi Foundation runs outpatient hospitals, a child adoption centre and rescue boats.
It also helps in the burials of unidentified bodies .
There are cradles for "unwanted babies" outside Edhi emergency centres.
READ MORE: Thousands attend funeral for Pakistan's legendary Edhi
Throughout his life, Edhi emphasised the humanitarian, rather than religious, motivation for his work.
His foundation receives "zakat" (Islamic charity) donations, which he used to help Muslims, Christians and Hindus.
Asked why he helped non-Muslims, he said: "Because my ambulance is more Muslim than you."
He also famously lamented: "P eople have become educated ... but have yet to become human."
When he died, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: "Edhi was the real manifestation of love for those who are socially vulnerable, impoverished, helpless and poor. We have lost a great servant of humanity."
Nobel Peace Prize
Throughout his life and after he died, many questioned why Edhi never received the Nobel Peace Prize.
After the nominations in 2014, the hashtag #NobelPrizeforEdhi was created ; many said he should have been recognised instead of Malala Yousafzai , who is also from Pakistan.
In an interview with the Express Tribunenewspaper, Edhi said: "I don't care about it. The Nobel Prize doesn't mean anything to me. I want these people, I want humanity."
In that same interview, he recalled an incident that he would never forget.
"There was a woman who committed suicide by jumping into the sea along with her six children," he said. "I was really saddened while giving them 'ghusal' (Islamic washing ritual after death) as part of the funeral rituals."
According to Pakistan's Nation newspaper, the State Bank of Pakistan will next month issue a commemorative coin of Rs50 in memory of Edhi.
Edhi, who lived a modest life, helped impoverished people of all backgrounds [Anjum Naveed/AP]
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/fe...ogle-honours-angel-mercy-170227140720826.html
Appears to be a gentleman from his face. It is nice that atleast Google recognized it. I think Pakistan government should also recognize his work.
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Lakh di lanat on that beghairat who did this.
They are a very disgraceful lot!
OT awesome work by google may Allah give this man a highest place in Jannah.
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was about to post this...
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He was honored with the Nishan e Imtiaz, the highest honor that can be given to a civilian. On top of that internationally as well he was recognized, such as the Lenin Prize from the Soviet Union, Balzan Prize from Italy. It is a shame and a real stain on the Nobel committee imo, that the man never got a Nobel prize. Sure Obama can get one on the basis of winning an election, but a man who devoted his whole life to humanity regardless of religion, sect or color was ignored. Shame.
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He was honored with the Nishan e Imtiaz, the highest honor that can be given to a civilian. On top of that internationally as well he was recognized, such as the Lenin Prize from the Soviet Union, Balzan Prize from Italy. It is a shame and a real stain on the Nobel committee imo, that the man never got a Nobel prize. Sure Obama can get one on the basis of winning an election, but a man who devoted his whole life to humanity regardless of religion, sect or color was ignored. Shame.
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This is really great. My salute to this man.
10 Abdul Sattar Edhi quotes that will leave you inspired for life
Rest in peace, Edhi sahab
By LIFE&STYLE
Jul.09,2016
Even a single word uttered by Abdul Sattar Edhi used to make a huge impact on people; that was the stature of Pakistan’s greatest philanthropist.
Throughout his life, Edhi sahab set examples for the world to follow through his actions. In fact, more work and less talk remained his principle till the very end.
Although there’s no dearth of great quotes by perhaps the greatest Pakistani who ever lived, we share with you ten which we believe will leave you inspired for the rest of your lives.
1. “My religion is humanitarianism, which is the basis of every religion in the world.”
PHOTO: AFP
2. “I do not have any formal education. What use is education when we do not become human beings? My school is the welfare of humanity.”
PHOTO: AFP
3. “Never take anyone’s death to heart Bilquis. Remember God by the equality with which He implements it. Nobody is different, the richest to the poorest, from here to the end of the globe face it equally. What an example of equality.”
PHOTO: AFP
Celebrities mourn as Pakistan’s famed philanthropist Edhi dies
4. “So, many years later there were many who still complained and questioned, ‘Why must you pick up Christians and Hindus in your ambulance?’ And I was saying, ‘Because the ambulance is more Muslim than you’.”
PHOTO: AFP
5. “Empty words and long praises do not impress God. Show Him your faith by your deeds.”
PHOTO: AFP
6. “Chasing after desires creates inner turmoil. When the devil becomes guide, dacoits and gangsters are manufactured. He makes men fight against their souls to survive expensive items and most lose everything in the face of his strength. The internal enemy can only be overcome by a personal revolution.”
PHOTO: HIFFINGTONPOST
Pakistan mourns Abdul Sattar Edhi’s death
7. “The dead has only one place to go… up. Wherever you bury them, they will go the same way, up.”
PHOTO: AFP
8. “The Holy Book should open in your souls, not on your laps. Open your heart and see God’s people. In their plight you will find Him.”
PHOTO: ZAHIDURREHMAN
9. “Those who believed in changing the world were either hungry by circumstance or practiced deprivation by choice.”
PHOTO: TELEGRAPH
The angel we called Edhi
10. “Appearance is a distraction, surrendering it develops truth and humility in abundance.”
PHOTO: AFP
Rest in peace, Edhi sahab. You indeed were the richest poor man.
Google honours Edhi with doodle on 89th birthday
Awesome. Simply awesome.
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