Thought for the Day will not be opened to atheists, says BBC religion chief

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

Aaqil Ahmed disclosed he has reviewed Radio Four’s ‘God slot’ in response to complaints that it was “too religious”.

However, the daily homily on the Today programme is intended to provide a “religious” perspective on the news and should not be opened up to people of no faith, Mr Ahmed has concluded.

“We should always analyse whether we should continue with something and in the last year or two we’ve had some very detailed thoughts about this and we’ve decided to continue as was,” he said in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph ahead of a major conference this week on religion in Britain hosted by the BBC. Continue reading

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