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Al Waleed gives $15.7m to Cambridge and Edinburgh

  • Saudi Arabia: Tuesday, May 13 - 2008 at 08:03

Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal has given 8 million pounds ($15.7m) each to the UK universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh to launch Islamic studies research centres, reported Bloomberg. Al Waleed made the pledge at London's Buckingham Palace in the company of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Chancellor of both universities. Al Waleed said Islam and the West need to reach mutual ground for proactive dialogue, respect, acceptance and tolerance.

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