Saudi funding for top Australian University

Top university 'begged' for Saudi funding

A prominent Australian university practically begged the Saudi Arabian embassy to bankroll its Islamic campus for $1.3m, even telling the ambassador it could keep secret elements of the controversial deal.

Documents obtained by The Australian reveal that Griffith University - described by vice-chancellor Ian O'Connor as the "university of choice" for Saudis - offered the embassy an opportunity to reshape the Griffith Islamic Research Unit during its campaign to get some "extra noughts" added to Saudi cheques.
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The Australian revealed last September that the Muslim community feared Griffith's $100,000 Saudi grant would skew the university's research and create sympathy for an extremist Islamic ideology - Wahabbism - which is espoused by al-Qaeda.

For me, the highlight of this news story isn't that the Saud clan donated money to an academic institution- for they have been doing that for decades in the United States- but that Muslims themselves are becoming more aware of what follows the money.

I think this is a significant development.