Why should they have to raise the money?
Our ‘friend’ Saudi Arabia could easily pay the entire bill as they have done with so many mosques, worldwide.
I am the Library Director of a small specialized research library in the Southwest.
Over the years (post 9-11 attacks) our library has received small paperback books promoting Islam. Paid for by the Wahabbi sect our of Saudi Arabia, and, IIRC, the Saudi Embassy.
We’ve received four that I’m aware of. Two groups of two, spaced about four years apart.
Pure propaganda. Friendship, love & peace, nicey-nice stuff. Glossy picture on the cover of the mosque in Mecca. Promote understanding, etc.
When you factor in postage...they’re spending a bundle to mail these out to America’s libraries.
Fortunately, I make the collection acquisitiion decisions. We didn’t solicit them, nor did we add them to our collection: they wouldn’t be of any use to the patrons we serve.
They wound up in the trash.
Sauron