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...King Fahd Causeway, connecting the countries of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, is seen by many Saudis - both religious and not - as an illicit passage...
...background and a possible use of the academic bequest as a matter of Saudi foreign policy. Though Prince Alwaleed has major investments in the United States and is more pro-American than other members of the Saudi royal family, he is still the nephew of the late King Fahd and therefore a member of the monarchical government that preaches a reactionary brand of Islam. But as long as accepting this gift does not obligate the University—formally, informally, or by mere gratitude—to hire someone whose political beliefs reflect those of Prince Alwaleed, there is little...
...wide Islamic studies program and to endow four senior professorships, according to a press release. The gift will also fund a new initiative, the Islamic Heritage Project, which will digitize classic Islamic texts and make them available via the internet. Alwaleed, who is the nephew of the late King Fahd, became the center of controversy shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks, when he pledged $10 million to the Twin Towers Fund. The mayor of New York City at the time, Rudolph W. Giuliani, rejected the donation because of the politically-charged pro-Palestinian message that Alwaleed attached...
Officials do not know. The daily newspaper may have merited attack simply because its primary owner is a prominent member of the Saudi royal family, whose intimate ties to the U.S. have provoked the wrath of dissident Muslim extremists. Prince Khaled bin Sultan is a nephew of King Fahd's, a son of the current Defense Minister and brother of the kingdom's present ambassador to Washington. Moreover, Khaled was the senior commander of Arab forces during the 1991 Gulf War. It was during this conflict that the kingdom opened its borders to soldiers of the U.S.-led coalition...
...Some sad news--King Fahd of Saudi Arabia has died. In respect, the Saudi royal family lowered their flag and raised their oil prices." --JAY LENO