TV airing for Islam's story of Christ

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[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Riazat Butt
[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Saturday August 18, 2007
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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.[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]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.[/FONT]
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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."[/FONT]
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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."[/FONT]
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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.[/FONT]
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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".[/FONT]
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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?"[/FONT]
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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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:sl:

Sounds great! A very smart idea, I reckon.
 
Aaron85 said:
How would muslims feel if in a muslim country TV showed a document showing how christians see Muhammad? :rollseyes
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You don't believe in Muhammad .s.a.w. so it's pointless for you to make any documentary showing how you see him. We on the other hand not only believe in Jesus but have more right to him then you do. He was a Muslim (submitting to the will of God) as were all other prophets before him. This documentary is showing how Muslims see and what Islam says about Jesus. Why does that bother you?
 
wow i cant wait to see the islamic stroy of jesus...they have potraid him in the christian light everytime this is quite intresting...

a little off topic but does anyone know the story of yaqub? (jacob) .. my husband asked me the other day but im not quite sure
 
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[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif] 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 [/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]the Koran as a main source and drawing on interviews with scholars and historians[/FONT]
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how is that possible?

which Muslim says "[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Christ is not the Messiah"?

 these scholars of ITV can't possibly know what Quraan says![/FONT]
 
islamirama said:
You don't believe in Muhammad .s.a.w. so it's pointless for you to make any documentary showing how you see him. We on the other hand not only believe in Jesus but have more right to him then you do. He was a Muslim (submitting to the will of God) as were all other prophets before him. This documentary is showing how Muslims see and what Islam says about Jesus. Why does that bother you?
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:sl: Exactly akhee, there is no comparison between the two. Christians don't acknowledge Muhammad (SAW), so it's pointless. I think he's just trying to put a point across, but it fell flat.

Anyway, this seems interesting.
 
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I wonder if they'll ever show the story of Jesus that has been dug up and read by secular sources. Seeing as it would most likely make people angry, and documentaries are about either money or crazy theories, I doubt it.

Still Islamic portrayal of Jesus is a good first step as it would help bring a little diversity of opinion instead of the same tired documentaries you see implying the Bible is completely correct.
 
Osman said:
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Riazat Butt
[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Saturday August 18, 2007
[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Guardian
[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]
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.[/FONT][FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]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.[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]
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."[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]
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."[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]
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.[/FONT]
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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".[/FONT]
[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]
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?"[/FONT]
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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?"

Source
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:sl:

hmmm, that wouldn't be the Islamic version! :-\

:w:
 
Aaron85 said:
How would muslims feel if in a muslim country TV showed a document showing how christians see Muhammad? :rollseyes
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Well, that is the beauty of separation of state and church isn't it? :D The UK isn't run by Christian law, rather by secular law, so you can't make the comparison with a Muslim country.

By the way, the part saying "Christ is not the Messiah" might just be a mistake made by the journalist.
 
I'm quite intrigued, but then that apostate dude does make a valid point, "how would Muslims feel if someone made something that challenges Mohammed (pbuh) as the last prophet?" Although the situation would be different -- for example Christianity does not say that Mohammed (pbuh) was not the last prophet, in fact is says nothing at all about that, whereas Jesus' (pbuh) prophethood is part of our beliefs -- I imagine it would spark a lot of outrage from Muslims around the world.

Maybe a documentary like this would be more suitable in a Muslim country, but then again, this is a non-Muslim production. I'm quite intrigued. Anybody know when it's coming out?
 
Skywalker said:
Anybody know when it's coming out?
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It was aired on the BBC last night. Annoyed I missed it; I was assuming it would be up on their seven-day download service today and, for some reason, it isn't.

It will no doubt crop up on YouTube at some point.
 
Trumble said:
It was aired on the BBC last night. Annoyed I missed it; I was assuming it would be up on their seven-day download service today and, for some reason, it isn't.

It will no doubt crop up on YouTube at some point.
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and don't forget to post it here :D
 
Sounds interesting. I'll view it when it comes up on youtube.
 
Funny how most christians see Islam as the enemy even though we have the ONLY other religion which makes it a MUST to believe in Jesus.
*some people man,*
 
Salam

On the last day the Koran says Jesus will destroy all the crosses[QUOTE/]

Just curious....where did he get it from? I don't remember seeing anything like this in the Quran.

Thanks.
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Alpha Dude said:
Actually, I think it was on ITV...
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That would certainly explain why it wasn't on the BBC download site! :statisfie

I saw it was on flicking through the satellite menu and just assumed it was BBC (not really an ITV sort of 'thing', usually)
 
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