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KAICIID quits Vienna, unable to shake off negative Saudi image
The glaring divide between KAICIID’s ideals and Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations increasingly bothered its Austrian hosts.
March 10, 2021
The logo of the King Abdullah International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue. Image via KAICIID
(RNS) KAICIID, a Saudi-financed interreligious dialogue center in Vienna, once thought that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman would save it from its critics.
Now that the Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler’s image has taken a nosedive following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the well-funded King Abdullah International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue is packing up and moving out of the Austrian capital.