Scholar Koenraad Elst was removed from RISA (Religions in South Asia) list by Vijay Prashad and Biju Mathew, seconded by Michael Witzel and Robert Zydenbos, and Wendy Doniger who controlled RISA did not come out in his support. He observed that people who clamour loudly for “freedom of expression” are very selective in their love of freedom. (Koenraad Elst, December 2, 2014,Banning Wendy Doniger’s “The Hindus”) RISA is a unit within the American Academy of Religion which was formed in 1909 as Association of Biblical Instructors for scholars of Biblical studies to stimulate scholarship and teaching in Christianity. In 1933, this was changed to National Association of Biblical Instructors, which in 1963 became American Academy of Religion.

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