Posted on 12/12/2005 11:12:48 PM PST by indcons
Harvard University and Georgetown University each announced yesterday that they had received $20 million donations from Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, a Saudi businessman and member of the Saudi royal family, to finance Islamic studies.
Harvard said it would create a universitywide program on Islamic studies, recruit new faculty members in the field, provide more support for graduate students and convert rare Islamic textual sources into digital formats to make them widely available.
"For a university with global aspirations, it is critical that Harvard have a strong program on Islam that is worldwide and interdisciplinary in scope," said Steven E. Hyman, Harvard's provost, who will coordinate adopting the new program.
Georgetown said it would use the gift - the second-largest it has ever received - to expand its Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, which is part of its Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. It said it would rename the center the H.R.H. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
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Not if it is truly a "gift".
Me, I'd have told Prince Saudi bin al Sheethead to stuff it.
Yes, be very afraid. This is the result of the recent Islamic conference. Change and overtake America by educating them about Islam.
There's more....this is the same scumbag whoose "gift" ws returned by Giuliani after 9/11. The prince demanded that Giuliani blame the Jews (or something along those lines).
Interestingly, this is the same character who has bought u 5% on Fox News. He bragged recently that he got the headlines changed on Fox News in favor of muslims. See "Saudi says he nixed Fox News 'Muslim riots' banner": http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536957/posts
Reminds me of when billionaire named Bass tried to give $20M or so to Yale for a Western Civilization course and they didn't want to!! Western Civ has got to go! and he almost had to fight to get the money back
During the Cold war, Harvard kissed Castro's rear end.
Now during the war against islamos, Harvard is kissing Saudi's rear end.
Private donation I guess there's really nothing wrong with that. Now we just need a really loaded Christian to donate a ton of money based on his faith.....
If Yale has its way, Western civilization will disappear for good.
See post #7 on this thread.
The Islamic Women's Studies department...
See post #7 on this thread.
American liberals just don't get it!! I wonder where this misplaced sympathy for the barbarians comes from.
No, not this pic.
How about a pic of a woman stoned to death?
I'm still waiting for the feminists to express their anger.
Yep, I guess he has a seriously messed up point of view that does not honor the God of Abraham. But he does have enough money a faith to put his money where his mouth is.
I would like to see a Christian or a Christian organization do the same thing.
Oh yeah... this dirtbag camel-humper.
I heard Buchannan on Hannity today say that "It seems that economics has replaced patriotism in America".
I am NO Buchannan fan... but I think he is right on target with that comment.
Great, if I'm accepted into the Georgetown's Arab Studies program, maybe they'll be some money to grant me a fellowship or a scholarship....
How's about this one?
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