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Taha Hussein's Book Shock
Former Culture Minister Abdel Wahed El-Nabawi said that Taha Hussein realized his book *On Pre-Islamic Poetry* would cause a crisis, but did not expect the attack to be so fierce—particularly because of its discussion of issues related to Abraham and Ishmael and the laws governing the pilgrimage. El-Nabawi explained that, during the investigations, Taha Hussein defended his academic standing, and that the prosecution found no legal provision under which to convict him. Saad Zaghloul, meanwhile, urged restraint in addressing contentious issues without closing the door to independent interpretation. El-Nabawi added that reviewing the controversial ideas before publication might have eased the crisis, but that the experience helped establish an intellectual and literary school and opened the way for the development of research and criticism in Egypt and the Arab world.
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