European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine in saudi Oasis of seeds of unrest Dpi photo saudi King w by Elaine Sciolino new York times Hen saudi officials Are asked if their kingdom is they answer that saudi Arabia has Little violent no suicide bombers and a Royal family close to the whenever i come i feel a total sense of peace and Samir the saudi Delegate to the United said on a recent visit i feel As if in protected from the world by All the desert kingdom is according to saudi Western and asian diplomats and foreign but there Are tensions that threaten to disrupt the Tranquility in the years to saudi officials enjoy telling visitors that the members of the Royal family permeate All Levels of Busi the civil the provincial administrations and the they insist that the governments stability is dependent on the person of the were King fahd to he would probably be succeeded by Crown Prince one of his who is first Deputy prime minister and commander of the National but because of the nature of the govern it is difficult to gauge its open criticism of the Royal family is saudi television and radio Are stat owned and operated the privately owned press is prevented from publishing any thing that might Embarrass the the ruling family or the religious political parties Are and repeated promises by the Royal family to set up a consultative Assembly have not been internal Security has been tightened considerably since when armed islamic charging that the government was seized the grand mosque at the islamic fundamentalism of Iran no longer seems to find much support in saudi but there is sympathy with the moslem of Southern Leb in the the iranian revolution was sup ported by moslem youth All Over the but it didst live up to their said Maneh Al assistant Secretary general of the saudi i danced world Assembly of Muslim today there is definitely sympathy and support for Southern the youth Here see this situation As islam under in saudi As in Many other parts of the mos Lem islam provides an acceptable outlet for Dis satisfaction with the despite King fads efforts to placate the religious some University professors and students Hope to make the country even More they criticize including that of the United that serve alcohol at although Many of them have studied at american they want to or at least study in the United states policy in the Middle especially its support of continues to make some saudis wary of the reliability of the United slates and the Wisdom of Reliance on american military hardware and for the youth America has no friends in the moslem a professor at King Saud University in Riyadh while things Here arc under in the Long run there could be acts of he and other fundamentalists resent the fact that non moslem Are in the country at we should help our moslem Brothers by not hiring any non moslem the official we should drive away the nonbelievers from the arabian Peninou other professors who have studied in the West and have regular contacts with westerners say their Stu dents consider them shiite moslem number about com pared with about five million saudi the Royal family has pumped Money into the Eastern where the shiites but while there has been no recurrence of the riots that rocked the Eastern province in the sunnis and shiites Are still not Wellante grated and there Are few shiite officials in the govern As the saudi recession resentment is Start ing to build among University who can no longer count on key jobs in ministries or governmental agencies when they graduate technocrats within the who face drastic reductions in pay and some officials fear that the Rush to populate devel Oping such As the Industrial cities of Jubal and will tend to weaken family ties As Young saudis there is growing criticism of members of the Royal family for squandering the country wealth for King who has lavish residences on the Costa Del sol and in Geneva and who keeps a yacht the size of a luxury liner off the coast of has not lived up to the saudi Ideal of a Leader chosen by his people for his generosity and the sermons at Friday prayers in Mecca and Medina Are filled with parables of the second who was known for simple living and said an asian moslem that should be a Clear message for the Royal recently a group of University professors in Jidida watched television in disgust As one of the country Young was shown touring Disney there cutting my salary 30 and i am forced to watch this kid in a professor the american embassy under construction at the new diplomatic Quarter in june 1985 the stars and stripes new York times photo Page 13