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’.

Abdul Sattar Edhi
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Abdul Sattar Edhi is a Pakistani philanthropist, social worker, and founder of the Edhi Foundation. He has dedicated his life to helping the poor in Pakistan. His compassion and generosity are legendary. But he has also dealt with criticism for operating an ambulance service that accepted donations from all religious groups, which included Christians and Hindus. His response was to say; ‘I’m more Muslim than you’.

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