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Title: Freedeom of speech does not cover libel.
Review: Of course, many people will probably be checking out this book and a big deal will probably be made of it being banned in Malaysia on the premise that it has been deemed "prejudicial to public order under the Printing Presses and Publications Act of 1984".What else would you expect? In even the introduction reproduced above, the book repeats the age-old orientalist claim that Islam was spread by the sword. Do you really expect this to go over well in Malaysia? The people there know quite well that this is false since they have many muslims there, yet a muslim army never invaded Southeast Asia-- The British, Spanish, and Dutch, yes, yes, and yes; the arabs, turks, and persians, no.Many of the book claims made are not even controversial, they are just factually incorrect and libelous. There are many better books available.
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