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Saudi prince donates millions to universities for study of Islam
A prominent Saudi businessman said Monday that he is donating $20 million each to Georgetown and Harvard universities for the study of Islam and the Muslim world as part of his philanthropic efforts to promote interfaith understanding.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family, said in a telephone interview from the Saudi capital of Riyadh that he also has donated $15 million to establish the Middle East’s first two centers for American studies, at universities in Beirut and Cairo.
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Alwaleed, a grandson of the Saudi kingdom’s founder, King Abdel Aziz, tried to give $10 million to the Twin Towers Fund shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 2001. But then-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani rejected the donation after the prince said in a news release that the United States needed to ``re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance towards the Palestinian cause.’’
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A prominent Saudi businessman said Monday that he is donating $20 million each to Georgetown and Harvard universities for the study of Islam and the Muslim world as part of his philanthropic efforts to promote interfaith understanding.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family, said in a telephone interview from the Saudi capital of Riyadh that he also has donated $15 million to establish the Middle East’s first two centers for American studies, at universities in Beirut and Cairo.
…
Alwaleed, a grandson of the Saudi kingdom’s founder, King Abdel Aziz, tried to give $10 million to the Twin Towers Fund shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 2001. But then-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani rejected the donation after the prince said in a news release that the United States needed to ``re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance towards the Palestinian cause.’’
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