brainwashed alright, page-7

pierogi, how wrong you are...

The Saudis are pumping hundreds of millions into Australian education institutions for what? The 500,000 muslims that live in Australia?

"Case study: Griffith University

An excellent case study of how Saudi funding can impact on Australian universities is the recent fiasco at Queensland's Griffith University.

In April 2008, it was revealed that Griffith University "practically begged the Saudi Arabian embassy to bankroll its Islamic campus for $1.3 million", assuring the Saudis that arrangements could be kept secret if required. (The Australian, April 22, 2008).

These concerns had first surfaced in September 2007, when it was revealed that Griffith was to receive the Saudi funding, and moderate Muslims expressed an anxiety that "the Saudis [were] using their financial power to transform the landscape of Australia's Islamic community and silence criticism of Wahhabism [and especially] its link to global terrorism and national security issues". (The Australian, September 17, 2007).

Shortly beforehand, it had been revealed that the Saudi government was planning a $2.7 billion scholarship fund for Australian universities, designed to facilitate the entry of Saudi students into Australia to undertake tertiary education in the face of restrictions on their entry into the US and UK in the post-9/11 security environment. (Weekend Australian, March 17-18, 2007)."

http://newsweekly.com.au/article.php?id=3808