Kazi Abdul Jaleel ( Sindhi: قاضي عبدالجليل) (born 1936 in

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), popularly known as Amar Jaleel, is a Sindhi fiction writer and a

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whose columns appear in various Sindhi,

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before being transferred to

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, where he worked in different positions at radio and educational institutions. Now retired, Jaleel currently resides in Karachi, Sindh, where he spends his leisure time writing articles for various Pakistan newspapers, and is known as a popular columnist for ''

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'' currently working with a private regional Sindhi TV channel as anchor program class room.

Thinking

As a political analyst he has repeatedly returned to one theme: why

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was wrong. Amar Jaleel is a prominent

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against the

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Criticism

In 2017, during

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, Jaleel read a story ''خدا گم ٿي ويو'' (''Khuda gum thee wayo'', The God disappeared). Video of the session went viral on social media in March 2021. The video irked religious fundamentalists and they took his views as blasphemy of God. Jaleel was threatened to death by religious extremists. His opponents used Twitter and other social media networks to get him arrested and hanged publicly. While his supporters showed solidarity with him.

Books

He has written hundreds of short stories in Sindhi; he has also written one novel in Sindhi titled ''Naith Gongey Ghalahyo'' نيٺ گونگي ڳالهايو ("Thus Dumb Spoke"). Some of Amar Jaleel's best known books are: * Indra اندرا * Sindhu Muhinje Saah Mein سنڌو منهنجي ساھ ۾ * Dil Jee Duniya دل جي دنيا * Jadanh Maa'n Na Hoondus جڏهن مان نه هوندس * Tareekh Jo Kafan تاريخ جو ڪفن * Munhinjo Dus Aasman Khan Puchho منهنجو ڏس آسمان کان پڇو * Tiyoon Wujood ٽيون وجود * Raani Kot jo Khazano رڻي ڪوٽ جو خزانو * Jeejal Mohanje Mao جيجل منهنجي ماءُ * Chandd Wisaami Wayo. چنڊ وسامي ويو * Adab Aen Siyasat ادب ۽ سياست *Sarad Laash Jo Safar سرد لاش جو سفر *Lahndar Sijj Je Laaam لهندڙ سج جي لام *Sindh Naamo سنڌ نامو *Sindhu Baqa Ain Maan Fana Ahyan سندو بقا ۽ مان فنا آهيان. *Aatam katha *He Sindh muhnji ta naahy *Fida Hussain Phdine, Dhani Bakhash Dhane Aen Phndan Ja Kaalum. فدا حسين ڦودني، ڌڻي بخش ڌني ۽ ڦندڻ جا ڪالم https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sir-Amar-Jaleel-Abdul-Jaleel-Qazi/170964249623560?ref=hl
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a web portal, has printed a book of Amar Jaleel's selected stories in Punjabi translation. The book's title is ''Amar Kahanian''.

Articles and essays

* To Define Sufism * A Professor with a Fake Degree * Wither Sufism * Enigmatic History in a Nutshell * Betrayed * Antithesis of Sufism * From Nowhere to Everywhere * The Evil Within Uus

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