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(This post has been UPDATED. See below.)

After the imbroglio surrounding Duke University’s decision to allow, and then not allow, a weekly call to Muslim prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower, there were claims that this had also been going on for some time at UCLA. However, the school refutes that assertion. (See UPDATE below.)

Christian News.net notes the video below takes place at “the north side of the [UCLA] campus near the athletic field off Sunset Boulevard.”

And, “while the audio is faint, Arabic-style chanting can be heard in the footage as students gathered on the lawn.”

Unlike Duke, UCLA is a public institution. Stay tuned.

Read the full article.

h/t to WND.

UPDATE: The Washington Times reports that the UCLA call to prayer was “a one-time event conducted by students hosting a weekend conference.”

[UCLA] spokesman Phil Hampton said students issued the call to prayer during a student conference last weekend sponsored by the Muslim Students Association.

“The call to prayer was played over a portable device in a campus quad during a conference last weekend hosted by the Muslim Student Association, one of nearly 1,000 registered student groups on campus,” Mr. Hampton said in a statement.

“While UCLA respects freedom of religion and assembly and values the diversity of students’ beliefs, a public call to prayer is not a regularly scheduled occurrence at UCLA,” he said.

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