Islamic Statement

The following is the statement released to the CRIMSON yesterday by Bakhtiyar Ali Khan '59, Secretary of the Harvard Islamic Society:

"I feel, and so does the Society, that Harvard's decision to withdraw from the National Student Association has been done without the least bit of foresight. America has very few friends, and at the moment it is improper to break away from the friends that she has.

"NSA is an organization that participates in the activities of the international organizations in America. Harvard fortunately has a large number of foreign students. I do not speak as a spokesman of all foreign students, but I certainly do speak as a spokesman of the foreign students representing the Moslem countries at Harvard.

"I feel that students at Harvard should be given a chance to express their own views in a referendum, and not be led by the...policies of the president of the Harvard Student Council."