Nitin Ganatra as Masood AhmedEastEnders bosses have been under fire lately for storylines involving paedophile Tony and for showing the brutal murder of Jase Dyer before the watershed.

And the controversy doesn't end there.

Complaints poured in to the BBC after Muslim character Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra) was seen eating a chapatti during the religious festival, Ramadan.

Over the month-long festival, participating Muslims do not eat or drink between sunrise and sunset.

When confronted by Jane Beale, Masood said he was a "bad person," and went on to complain that he found it difficult to fast because his job required him to sell food all day.

The Beeb received 107 complaints from viewers who felt the scene insulted Muslim values.

A spokesman for the show said: "We would like to assure viewers it was not our intention to insult Muslim or Islamic values."

"We try to treat our characters as individuals with their own sets of behaviours and opinions, regardless of their religion, race or sexuality and, as in real life, they do not always strictly follow all the laws, traditions and customs of their religions."

"The Masoods should not be seen to represent the entire British-Asian or British Muslim experience."

"Although Masood is a practising Muslim, he has his own fallibilities as a human being. Our intention was never to focus primarily on the religion, but on the character's ability to meet the standards he aspires to in life."