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...Islam Online, a popular website that posts news about the insurgency, reported that insurgents in restive Anbar province were even seen manning checkpoints to protect voters from attacks by Al Qaeda. In Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, locals described long lines and no major attacks. The polling centers in Fallujah were overwhelmed by the participation, locals told TIME, and unhappy residents complained that some election centers didn't have enough ballot boxes...
...came too late. But Alwaleed said he was not discouraged. “It was a misunderstanding,” he said. “Life goes on. I’ve always believed in the United States system and the alliance between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. and Islam and Christianity.” Alwaleed then started focusing his philanthropy on promoting education in both cultures. “The world of academia is the best way to handle the whole thing,” he said. Alwaleed first established centers for American studies at the American University...
...Whether between Islam and Christianity or the West and the East, I will defer to the people handling the program,” he said. “I defer to them in that respect...
...When people hear Islam, they immediately associate it with the Middle East,” said South Asian Association President Alka R. Tandon ’07. “This will education people both about the region and the Islamic presence there...
While Alwaleed said in a telephone interview from Riyadh that the main goal of his donation is to “bridge the gap between East and West, between Christianity and Islam, and between Saudi Arabia and the United States,” he said that he defers to Harvard in terms of the focus of the program...