Muslims In UK Complain About Soap Opera (Again)

Muslims have also complained that the Muslim character in the soap opera is gay and have complained about a Ramadan scene in which he breaks his fast. Lots of complaints- and this is just a telenovela.

From The Guardian:

Gay character of Syed Masood dropped religious text in frustration during episode screened earlier this week

The BBC today defended an episode of EastEnders following complaints from viewers who said they were upset by a scene in which a Muslim character slammed down a copy of the Qur'an. The gay character of Syed Masood, played by Marc Elliott had been struggling with his love for Christian Clarke (John Partridge) in the face of disapproval from his devout family. He dropped the religious text in frustration during the episode, screened earlier this week, The BBC said yesterday that it had not intended to cause offence, but merely to demonstrate Syed's "utter confusion".