tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15213762.post6269589594738750609..comments2007-05-08T20:00:51.656-05:00Patrick Poolenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15213762.post-83203268035206140192007-05-08T20:00:00.000-05:002007-05-08T20:00:00.000-05:00Again, I appeciate your input, Mr. Houdaiby, but you've not offered anything beyond your own word. I have no doubt that your family is in possession of drafts of this material. None of these scholars disputes the role your grandfather, Ma'mun, played in circulating the text. But we need more than your recounting of family folklore before calling into question the work of these scholars on this issue. If there is some scholarly evidence you are aware of that you would like to present, not just ask us to take your word for, I would be glad to see and consider such, and be willing to publicly correct my statements if the evidence so requires it.<BR/><BR/>Kind regards,<BR/><BR/>PatrickPatrick Poolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151802677340774502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15213762.post-7109546013471111372007-05-08T15:48:00.000-05:002007-05-08T15:48:00.000-05:00I dont understand how did I fail to provide any substancial evidence. The book is written by my great grandfather and other brotherhood members, it is part of the MB curriculum, and we have some of its drafts at my grandfather's place. My grandfather was very clear when a few months before his death I asked him whether he had a copy of the signposts cuz I wanted to read it, he said this book does not represent our thought, and it was refuted by Preachers not Judges. At that time, my grandfather was the Brotherhood's general guide.<BR/>It is really intellectual theft to come and claim that it is not my great grandfather who wrote that book, and it is really offensive to say so. If not him, then who wrote it? and I need evidence that it was not him who wrote it, cuz it is natural that if it has his name, he wrote it, and you need to prove the opposite.<BR/>As I told you, all researchers of 1990s never met any family member, knowing that it was my family that took the drafts out of prison, and preserved them till they were published. This tells you about the credibility of those researchers<BR/>Ibrahim El Houdaibyإبراهيم الهضيبيhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01787104687761328667noreply@blogger.com