Bin Laden family sponsors Oxford academic

An academic is being sponsored by the bin Laden family to study Islamic religion and politics in Oxford, it emerged today.

Bin Laden family sponsors Oxford academic
Wed, 03 Oct, 2001 - 21:22

An academic is being sponsored by the bin Laden family to study Islamic religion and politics in Oxford, it emerged today.

US anthropologist Dr Dale Eickelman is the latest of many scholars financed by a fellowship in memory of Osama bin Laden’s father.

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CourtsWar on TerrorismPlace: Hanover, New HampshirePlace: Middle EastPlace: JapanPerson: bin LadenPerson: DrPerson: Dale EickelmanPerson: Osama bin LadenPerson: EickelmanPerson: MuhammadEvent: September 11Organisation: OxfordOrganisation: Oxford Centre for Islamic StudiesOrganisation: Oxford UniversityOrganisation: IslamOrganisation: Dartmouth CollegeOrganisation: New York TimesOrganisation: Centre For Islamic Studies
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