Mosque Fund Contributed By Aga Khans

The Aga Khan IV '58 and Sadruddin Aga Khan '54 have donated the funds for the mosque which the Harvard Islamic Society is planning to build in Cambridge, the CRIMSON learned last night.

S. Hossein Nasr 4G, president of the group, refused, however, to confirm reports that the Aga had contributed funds for the mosque, and his uncle the price of the land. Nasr said the two "have donated a large proportion" and are "very much interested in the project."

Negotiations in Process

Negotiations for a site for the mosque are incomplete, according to Nasr, but the Society hopes to purchase land in the near future. Nasr said last night that a lot was selected some time ago, but that arrangements to buy it could not be made. It is rumored that the site under present consideration is opposite Memorial Hall, on Quincy St.

The Society hopes to build a mosque large enough to serve the needs of the large Islamic population in the area. Although plans for the building depend upon the purchase of a site, the building may include a library of religious works.

At present, the society has used the PBH chapel and Harkness Commons for its religious, social, and cultural functions.

Spiritual leader of a sect of the Islam faith, the Aga left Harvard at the end of his Junior year as karim Aga Khan, and succeeded his grandfather last summer.