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Interfaith: Home / Blog article: Eastenders complaints soar with Ramadan failure
October 3, 2008Eastenders complaints soar with Ramadan failure
by David Masters
The BBC’s favourite soap has received over 100 complaints because it portrayed a Muslim man breaking his Ramadan fast.
Masood Ahmed, an Asian postman in Eastenders, was caught out by another character having a secret daytime snack.
During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims are supposed to fast from sunrise until sunset.
Complaints to the BBC claimed the scene was offensive to Muslims and trivialised a sacred Islamic practice.
BBC operators, however, defended the scene, saying that it was designed to show that Masood is a ‘fallible human being’.
They added that it was not their intention to insult Islam or Muslim values.
In September, the BBC received more than 200 complaints about a story-line in which a 15 year old girl has a relationship with her step father.
Despite its popularity, Eastenders is the most complained about programme on the BBC, with 5,500 people writing in to complain in the last year.
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