The Australian newspaper has been running a campaign against Griffith University for accepting a little bit of Saudi Arabian money.

Their campaign is not credible. Throw in the word Wahabbism and you can fan the flames of xenophobia (and hopefully sell a few newspapers too.)

Then I began to wonder if News Corp had or has any Saudi shareholders.

One assertion is that Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Company at one stage held 6 to 7 percent in News Corp. That is serious wahabbist billions. Does anyone know if it is true?

Maybe an investigative journalist from the Australian could track it down and do an exposé.

If I were technologically competent I suppose I could check the share register but alas I am a technological cretin.

Good GRIEF John....

All that we have been saying about the naivity of the Left in its deluded defense of 'poor discriminated muslims' (as they see them)
is here, PROVEN by yourself!

Mate.. you truly need an education on Islam, its history and its methods. Particlularly how they love to be loved by the silly "Left"..which is a total contradiction of their own faith principles.

Marxists are usually atheists agreed? In Islamic terms, they are the lowest of the low. 'idolaters' so to speak, of which the Quran says:

"slay them wherever you find them"

but while this was uttered at a particular time and context, the principle still applies, though the 'slaying' is restrained by other forces...unless of course, you happen to be an open idolator in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi money is aimed at one thing, Advancing Arab Islamic interests. How you can 'not' see this, is evidence of your lack of understanding of Islam and history. (seriously)

Lets take an example.

1/ Ka'b bin Al Ashraf. a political enemy of Mohammad.

PROBLEM. "ka'b composed mocking poetry about Mohammad, and after Mohammad executed the nobility of the Quraysh after a battle, which outraged Ka'b, he started discussing with them about removing Mohammad."
SOLUTION. Send a hit squad to deceptively murder him by night.(no public trial, no investigation..nope..just plain simple 'murder'.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/019.smt.html#019.4436

Your problem is, you cannot connect such indcidents in Mohammads day, to events in ours. But when you consider THIS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_(film_director)

who was "murdered" by Mohammad Buyeri for his 'maligning Allah' .. the very same reason Ka'b was murdered, and taken from the example of Mohammad the so called prophet himself...who is said to be "The best of all mankind" well.. go figure.

The Marxist/Leftist mindset, due to it's atheistic reference point, simply cannot 'get' the reference point of Islam, and many Muslims who seek to emulate their prophet.

BOAZ_David

I'm not quite sure what relevance your comment has to my initial post.

If Islam is per se evil, then News Corp is in trouble if my conjecture about Saudi money holding six to seven percent of the company is correct. Of course Islam is no more inherently evil than Christianity and News Corp is not in trouble (just as Griffith university has nothing to fear from receiving a pittance from the wahabbis.)

It was US money and Western arms that supported Bin Laden in his fight against the Russian invaders. I guess that makes the US accomplices to evil. The Christian allies of the islamists are more to blame than anything you could pin on the Left.

Passy “I am a technological cretin.”

Oh you are much too modest Passy.

From reading your posts and articles, your “cretinism” extends far beyond just technology; into the realms of political and social commentary and, I am sure, many other areas too.

So Saudi money is aimed at one thing, Advancing Arab Islamic interests.

How unusual.

Better send it all back - and all that nasty oil as well.

John....

<<Of course Islam is no more inherently evil than Christianity>>

You want a stand up gloves off nose to nose debate about that ? :)

If you can show me where Jesus, the founder of and rule giver of 'Christianity' ordered his enemies to be killed by hit squads, if he hacked off feet and hands of living prisoners, if he claimed that "God told Him" he can have 'any believing woman' for a permanent or temporary wife, (code for sex toy).. if you can show me that he authorized his disciples to fight for him, and rape their dead victims widows...if he authorized marraige to, sexual consumnation with, and divorce of prepubescent female children...and when you can show me that Jesus taught "If your enemy punches you in the face, kill him" (or just cut off his head).....

yep.. and heaps more.....then I'll believe your claim. Until then. PLEASE don't insult and vilify Christianity with such ludicrous and unsubstantiated, wild, inaccurate and incorrect statements.

The relevance was probably not as clear as intended.

FOOD_4_THOUGHT

http://www.amislam.com/standard.htm
http://www.jfednepa.org/mark%20silverberg/wahhabi.html

Wahabi money, comes with 'strings' attached.