Koenraad Elst

Who is Koenraad Elst?

Koenraad Elst is a Belgian writer and orientalist. He was an editor of the New Right Flemish nationalist journal Teksten, Kommentaren en Studies from 1992 to 1995, focusing on criticism of Islam, various other conservative and Flemish separatist publications such as Nucleus, 't Pallieterke, Secessie, or the neoconservative The Brussels Journal and Middle East Forum. He also wrote for the business weekly Trends and for Inforiënt, a monthly issued by the Asian Studies Department of his home university. Elst has authored fifteen English language books on topics related to Indian politics and communalism, and is one of the few western writers to have written extensively and taken position in favour of Indian nationalism and politics, so-called "revivalism"; he participated actively in the controversed debate on Aryan Invasion Theory. His writings are frequently featured in right-wing publications and many of his books are published by Voice Of India publishing house.