“Since quoting the Quran may get this book banned, I will merely give the verse numbers…”
Koenraad Elst (1959) orientalist, writer
1990s, Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society (1991)
“I've had enough of the Quran in The Netherlands: ban that fascist book.”
Geert Wilders, De Volkskrant (8 August 2007)
2010s, Marked for Death (2012)
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