Academic institute at Georgetown University
The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU ) is an interfaith institution based at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C.
Overview
The institution was founded at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. , 1993 as the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding . It is housed within the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service .[ 1]
In 2005, a wealthy Saudi prince and businessman, Al-Waleed bin Talal in 2005, gave $20 million to the Center to promote interfaith understanding and the study of Islam and the Muslim world .[ 1] The center was renamed in his honor.[ 1] [ 2] The $20 million gift was the second-largest ever given to the Georgetown at that point.[ 1] Bin Talal simultaneously gave $20 million to Harvard University 's interdisciplinary Islamic studies program and $15 million to establish American studies programs at the American University in Beirut and American University in Cairo .[ 1]
The founding director of the center was John Esposito .[ 3] Esposito was succeeded by John O. Voll.[ 4]
The Center is co-publisher (with the UK's Birmingham University Centre for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations) of the journal Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations .[ 5]
In 2008, Republican U.S. Representative Frank Wolf questioned the prince's gift, and whether the center had ever been critical of the Saudi government.[ 6]
References
^ a b c d e Caryle Murphy, Saudi Gives $20 Million to Georgetown , Washington Post (December 13, 2005).
^ Rafferty, Steve (January 12, 2006). "Saudi Prince Gives GU $20M" . The Hoya .
^ Press Release: Georgetown University Receives $20 Million Gift From Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal To Expand Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Archived 2006-09-04 at the Wayback Machine , December 12, 2005. Accessed 24 November, 2014
^ Center Profile: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (2005) , Pluralism Project at Harvard University.
^ Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding
^ Strauss, Valerie (February 15, 2008). "$20 Million Saudi Gift Is Questioned" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 2008-02-15 .
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