I am suprised they did not funnel it through their Muslim Brotherhood. Is the man a Saudi citizen or just one of their agents. The Saudis pretty much took over England “buying” the law firms in London.
According to the link aboveHe is a Saudi national. Probably on scholarship from there. Although perhaps not. Definitely a non-tradtional student, 46 y/o PhD candidate, with Doctoral Thesis topic: "Sacred Voice, Profane Sight: The Senses, Cosmology, and Epistemology in Early Arabic Culture,"
Even his (very likely Muslim) roommate says he "acted like a terrorist". He ranted in some language the roomate didn't understand. (Possibly Arabic, but I'd think even a French speaking Senegalese Muslim would at least recognize Arabic, perhaps it was an odd dialect.