Source: BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8047537.stm
The BBC's appointment of a Muslim as head of religion and ethics is insulting to Christians, an Ulster Unionist assembly member has said.
Retired Presbyterian minister Dr Robert Coulter said the appointment of Aaqil Ahmed was "a juvenile gimmick".
"According to the Church of England 70% of the UK are Christian, 3% are Muslim yet the BBC for its head of religious broadcast appoints a Muslim," he said.
Religious commentator Clifford Longley said the complaints were "spurious".
"The purpose of the BBC's religious broadcasting department is not to propagandise on behalf of any particular religion - the implication of this complaint is that it is," he said.
"It seems to me that no denomination or faith can claim to own a position like that, which must be filled on its merits."