Koenraad Elst on Courage
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Koenraad Elst, catalogued under courage, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Koenraad Elst, entry #95103: "In Ayodhya itself, several Rama temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb , a fact which even the official polemicists against the Rama-Janmabhoomi have not dared to deny."
Attributed to Koenraad Elst, entry #112154: "Thus, I once heard a Hindu nationalist pleading for renaming Delhi as Indraprastha, the city founded right here by Mahabharata hero Yudhishthira. This ancient-new name would const…"
3 Quotes by Koenraad Elst on Courage
"In Ayodhya itself, several Rama temples were destroyed by Aurangzeb , a fact which even the official polemicists against the Rama-Janmabhoomi have not dared to deny."
"Thus, I once heard a Hindu nationalist pleading for renaming Delhi as Indraprastha, the city founded right here by Mahabharata hero Yudhishthira. This ancient-new name would constitute a statement heard loud and clear around the world."
"In terms of status and career, a non-conformistic stance in favour of the temple cannot be maintained without sacrifice. By contrast, joining the anti-temple party has always been a smart career move. Far from requiring bravery, posturing as a “committed secularist” up in arms against “obscurantist and communalist history manipulation” will only earn you praise... India’s secularist academics and journalists form a society of mutual praise, and the cheapest way of getting applause in elite India is to attack the Hindu movement."