January 5, 2008
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20080105_Donor_cancels_Islamic_chair_for_Temple.html
Last spring, an Islamic group came to Temple University with an extremely generous offer: $1.5 million for an endowed chair in Islamic studies to honor religion professor Mahmoud Ayoub.
But after months of talks, the deal fell apart when trustees and others raised concerns about the donor, the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), a nonprofit research organization that was included in a government probe into funding of suspected terrorists.