New Saudi University Draws Criticism From High-Level Cleric

Just a week after its opening, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology was criticized by a member of Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Committee of (Islamic) Scholars for being coeducational, which he called “a great sin and a great evil,” according to the Associated Press. Whether his remarks indicate broader disapproval of the university remains to be seen. But pro-government publications quickly shot back, saying such criticism breeds terrorism and puts the country “behind the rest of the Muslim world.”