13 May 2009 BBC appoints Muslim to oversee religious content

Marty Cooper – OneNewsNow – 5/13/2009 – Earlier this week the British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, appointed a Muslim as head of its religious programming department — a move being hailed as a “radical departure from broadcasting tradition.” Aaqil Ahmed, former executive at Channel 4, is the new of Head of Religion and Ethics and Commissioning Editor for Religion TV, a position some call one of the most influential religious roles in the United Kingdom. [Continue reading this article here.]