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« on: August 19, 2007, 05:00:31 PM »

TV airing for Islam's story of Christ

Riazat Butt
Saturday August 18, 2007

Guardian
There was no manger, Christ is not the Messiah, and the crucifixion never happened. A forthcoming ITV documentary will portray Jesus as Muslims see him.

With the Koran as a main source and drawing on interviews with scholars and historians, the Muslim Jesus explores how Islam honours Christ as a prophet but not as the son of God. According to the Koran the crucifixion was a divine illusion. Instead of dying on the cross, Jesus was rescued by angels and raised to heaven.

The one-hour special, commissioned and narrated by Melvyn Bragg, is thought to be the first time the subject has been dealt with on British television. Lord Bragg said: "I was fascinated by the idea ... Jesus was such a prominent figure in Islam but most people don't know that."

He denies the programme will divide communities. Raised as an Anglican, he describes the documentary as thoughtful and well researched. "I hope it will provoke among Muslims the feeling they are included in television."

The director and producer, Irshad Ashraf, said the film was an attempt to shift the focus away from extremism to the spiritual side of Islam. "Jesus is loved and respected by Muslims and he's one of the most important prophets in our religion." Representatives from mainstream Anglican and Catholic organisations were invited to take part in the film, to be broadcast on Sunday, but nobody was available, Mr Ashraf said.

Philip Lewis, the Bishop of Bradford's aide on inter-faith matters, urged believers on both sides to take advantage of a "worthwhile contribution to understanding a complex issue".

However, Patrick Sookhdeo, an Anglican canon and spokesman for the Barnabas Fund, which works with persecuted Christians, accused broadcasters of double standards. Mr Sookhdeo, who was born a Muslim and converted to Christianity in 1969, said: "How would the Muslim community respond if ITV made a programme challenging Muhammad as the last prophet?"

The Koran's denial of Jesus's divinity was "unacceptable". "On the last day the Koran says Jesus will destroy all the crosses. How can we praise that?"

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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2007, 05:02:54 PM »

Does everybody else get equal time?? NO!!

How about a documentary that shows mohammed's life, as a pedophile?

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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2007, 05:16:29 PM »

Does everybody else get equal time?? NO!!

How about a documentary that shows mohammed's life, as a pedophile?

Not on the BBC which is widely known for pandering to islamists and denigrating Jesus Christ and Christians.

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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2007, 05:30:17 PM »

Not on the BBC which is widely known for pandering to islamists and denigrating Jesus Christ and Christians.


The BBC just got hammered for a slur against Jesus.  BBC forced to removed slur about Jesus from its website  Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2007, 05:58:00 PM »

Yep, I saw that article early this morning.  It took them almost a month to remove that slur and that is not the only thing there that denigrates Jesus and Christians. The others are comments made in articles by their own editors and journalists as well as the many TV programs that they have aired.

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