from the Sydney Daily Telegraph , July 18, 2005 ...
AUSTRALIAN Federal Police and NSW's Counter-Terrorism Command are investigating (Sydney) book shops allegedly selling extremist Islamic literature.
The Daily Telegraph reported today the Islamic Bookstore at Lakemba, in Sydney's south-west, stocks a book titled Defence of the Muslim Lands, which discusses the effectiveness of suicide bombings and has an endorsement from Osama bin Laden on the cover.
In nearby Auburn, other such books have been found at the IDCA bookstore and the Islamic Science, Culture and Art Association.
....The investigation had been underway "a short time" and charges would be laid if it was found an offence had been committed
...A spokesman for The Islamic Bookstore at Lakemba declined to comment today, but said the shop hoped to issue a media statement early tomorrow.
....Comment was being sought from the IDCA bookstore and the Islamic Science, Culture and Art Association.
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