After the September 11 attacks , al-Waleed gave a check for $ 10 million to New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani , despite Saudi opposition . In a written statement after his donation , he said : " At times like this , we must address some of the issues that led to such a criminal attack . I believe the government of the United States of America should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause . " As a result of that statement , Giuliani returned his check . Al-Waleed said to a Saudi weekly magazine about Giuliani 's rejection of his check , " The whole issue is that I spoke about their position on the Middle East conflict and they did n’t like it because there are Jewish pressures and they are afraid of them . " In 2005 , al-Waleed gave Georgetown University $ 20 million to create the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding ( ACMCU ) in the university 's School of Foreign Service , the second largest donation in the school 's history . On 8 May 2008 , al-Waleed gave £ 16 million to Edinburgh University to fund a " centre for the study of Islam in the contemporary world " . He has also endowed the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research ( CASAR ) . The Institute for Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medical College is named for al-Waleed . The Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge and the Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University are also named after him
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Al-Waleed bin Talal