An earlier revision of Elst's article, prior to the cleanup, contained prominent comments such as:
"many of these writings are featured in right-wing publications"
"More precisely, Elst argues often that "not Muslims but Islam is the problem". [28] [29] His views on Islam are markedly in line with the neoconservative think-tank "Middle East Forum", to which he has contributed.[30]"
"Elst actively contributes to nationalist New Right Flemish publications, and has shown sympathy to the Nouvelle Droite movement since the early 1990s."
"Jan De Zutter criticized Elst for being too close with the Vlaams Belang"
"According to Sanjay Subrahmanyam, he has connections to the far-right Vlaams Blok.[43] though Dr. Subrahmanyam did not provide any supporting evidence."
Much of this was inserted years ago, principally by editors TwoHorned, Bondego, Hornplease, and Nihar_S, who occasionally clashed with TwoHorned over various details. Some of the edits made by TwoHorned are, to say the least, questionable. Notorious India editwarriors Hkelkar and Bakasuprman also messed with it, and the latter squabbled with Hornplease in 2007. So it appears that Elst was yet another victim of political squabbling between Indians.
TwoHorned is obsessed with neoconservatives, Leo Strauss, and especially
René Guénon. Thanks to TwoHorned, that is one of Wikipedia's longest biographies. Bondego, unquestionably an Indian editor, left Wikipedia in 2007. Hornplease edited Muslim subjects relating to Indian and Pakistani history heavily, and also left in 2007.
The article was
quite bland in April 2006, before the cranks showed up.