Diana West looks a little more carefully at the Saudi Prince Alwaleed who just gave lots of money to Harvard and Georgetown. Not only does this guy, one of the richest in the world, own a big stake in Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, he's also contributed millions to give aid to the families of suicide bombers who kill Israelis. And he doesn't stop there.

Prince Crimson bin Hoya is not only one of American academia's most generous benefactors ever, he's co-owner of ART TV network, the Saudi company that includes what Steven Stalinsky of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has described in the New York Sun as "the anti-American, anti-Semitic, pro-Jihad Arabic TV channel Iraq."
That's putting it mildly. Programming, Mr. Stalinsky writes, includes telethons — the notorious terrorist fundraiser (mentioned above) of 2002, and an August, 2005 fundraiser for "Jihad in Palestine"; lectures that endorse suicide bombing and exhort Muslims to triumph over the West by the "slitting of throats and shattering skulls"; September 11 conspiracy theories blaming the United States, Israel and the Vatican; children's shows that instruct parents to teach their children to pray for "martyrdom"; a soap opera with Jews casting spells on Mohammed; and talk shows on wife-beating. I'd say it's about time Rupert picked up the phone.

And so should Harvard and Georgetown. Are these the same schools who don't like to have the United States armed services recruit students on campus because they fear that college students will think that a few appearances by a military recruiter on campus means that the university itself supports discrimination against gays? Well, isn't it a mite bit more likely that students will be confused if the school houses a multi-million Islamic Studies center funded by someone who aids and ecourages suicide bombers? If there is going to be a center to build bridges between the East and West, how about a center in Riyadh to support understanding of Christianity and Judaism? We all know how likely that is.