The BBC will resist calls to include atheists on Thought for the Day, the corporation's head of religion has said 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. He added: "People have complained, as they have the right to, and I have taken a view that at this moment in time as far as I'm concerned we stay as we do. "It is a specific slot within the Today programme which is a reflection from a religious perspective on stories of importance in the news."