Revealing article from The Australian:
Queensland District Court judge Clive Wall also accused Griffith of becoming an “agent” through which the Saudi Arabian embassy was propagating extreme Islam.
Judge Wall, a deputy judge advocate-general in the Australian Defence Force holding the rank of air commodore, told The Australian it was clear what brand of Islam the university would be teaching through its Saudi-funded Islamic Research Unit. “It would have to be Wahabism, similar to many of the madrassas in Pakistan who receive funding from Saudi Arabia,” he said….
The Australian revealed yesterday that Griffith asked the Saudi embassy in Australia for a $1.37 million grant for its Islamic Research Unit, even telling the ambassador that certain elements of the controversial deal could be kept a secret.
It was also revealed through documents that Griffith – described by vice-chancellor Ian O’Connor as the “university of choice” for Saudis – offered the embassy a chance to “discuss” ways in which the money could be used.