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...King Ibn Saud's deathbed in 1953, Prince Feisal of Saudi Arabia swore a mighty oath on the Koran that he would never usurp the kingship from the half brother who became King Saud. Last week, not for the first time, Saud, 63, kept his crown only because Feisal proved a man of his word. But the nominal kingship and his allowance-which was halved to a mere $20 million a year -were all that Saud retained. The sixyear power struggle between the two brothers culminated in a bloodless palace coup in which Saud was stripped of every power...
Strongman Ben Bella gave his answer at an Algiers "press conference" with 250 visiting Communist journalists: "The agreements of Evian are not the Koran for us. It will be necessary to revise and readjust them in regard to our socialist objectives." Furthermore, he warned, if France sets off any new nuclear explosions in its Algerian Sahara testing grounds, there will be "an acceleration of our socialism...
...years ago, Aramco brought the eye of television to Saudi Arabia. To enthusiastic audiences, its Dhahran station broadcasts an average six hours daily of Arabic and English lessons, prayers from the Koran, and such U.S. shows as Gunsmoke dubbed in Arabic, though Aramco censors out religion, sex and sadism. Most popular program: Aramco's local quiz shows, with TV sets and washing machines as prizes...
...when his uncle was assassinated, after having earlier killed Shakhbut's father who, in turn, had come to power by killing his older brother. Shakhbut is said to have ruled so long and safely only because his own two brothers swore a solemn oath on the Koran not to murder...
...district, where an Arab was bound to get a small hello. He was homesick. Seeing how U.S. banks helped small businesses to get on their feet, Shoman decided that what the Arabs needed was their own bank-an enterprise that no Moslem had so far undertaken because of the Koran's injunction against usury. Devout Shoman felt certain that the Prophet had not meant to forbid honest commercial banking, and in 1929, taking the considerable money he had earned in the U.S., he returned to Palestine...