As reported in the New York Times earlier this week, Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal, best-known for his rejected offer of a $10 million check to Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has come out against the Ground Zero mosque. Alwaleed’s Kingdom Foundation has been a financial patron of Feisal Abdul Rauf, the proposed mosque’s “spiritual guide,” donating more than $200,000 to the “Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow” program run by Rauf’s American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA).

But Alwaleed told the Times, “I am not for putting a mosque there”—i.e. at 51 Park Place in lower Manhattan. Alwaleed said he opposed the construction to prevent offense to the families of 9/11 victims. He also noted the proximity of the proposed location to a strip club, which he said would be inappropriate for Muslims on their way to pray.