YouTube video of the day: Edhi - a hero who faces threats in Pakistan

Video features Edhi in which he is asked questions about death threats he has been receiving from the Taliban.

As the adage goes, “love begets love,” can one absorb the fact that spreading love and humanity can garner hatred and revolt in return?

Vice released a video recently, featuring philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi in which he is asked questions about the recent death threats he has been receiving from the Taliban, despite the extensive humanitarian work he has been doing over the years, based entirely on donations.

The philanthropist reveals that the religious groups threaten him and tell him that he does not follow religion properly. “This is religion. Loving people is what religion tells us to do.”

Edhi says that he migrated from India and took refuge in Pakistan, and that he doesn’t believe in nationality but humanity.

Amid tightened police security, Edhi begins to speak about how he began humanitarian work when he came to Pakistan – without any money in his possession. “I collected donations – the first time, I collected Rs60,000.”

He remorsefully states that politics and religion have divided the population into groups. He says, democracy is only good in name, on paper but not in practice. “You see sloganeering, campaigning, speeches but what you don’t see is action.”

He told the interviewers that he wasn’t scared of death and he could also accompany them to Lyari, if they wished to go there. When he went there, a large number of people swarmed around him to pay their respects to him. They are also seen asking him for alms.

Video rating: Thumbs up for highlighting Edhi's work and problems that he is facing.

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