*This writer concludes that Malays are actually only a tiny sub-component of the much larger Austronesian group. And all Austronesians are the end-product of extensive inter-breeding between the Taiwanese and Dravidic Indians.*
*Origins of the 'Malays' * Michael Chick Ironically, it was not the Arabs or Persians who brought Islam into the region. In the second century, all Arabs would have either been Christian, Judaic, Animistic Pagans or Hindu. Prophet Muhammad was only born 500 years later. And Mohenjo Daro and Harrapa were just next door. However, it was the Gujerati traders (India) who brought Islam to southeast Asia. The very same people who brought Hinduism to Malaya at the location called Lembah Bujang in the second century. *HERE<http://1426.blogspot.com/2009/02/origins-of-malays-and-ketuanan-melayu.html> *
