Saudi gift to promote faith relations 'hypocrisy'
Group points to zero-tolerance policy at home where Christians persecuted
Posted: December 17, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern

A group that monitors persecution of Christians says Saudi Arabian Prince al-Walid bin Talal's $20 million donation to Harvard and Georgetown for Islamic studies and to promote Islamic-Christian understanding is an "act of supreme hypocrisy and duplicity."

"Perhaps the only thing more shameful than the prince offering these gifts with a straight face is Harvard and Georgetown's gracious acceptance of them," said a statement by Washington, D.C.-based International Christian Concern. Story