clipped from: mattstone.blogs.com   

Islamic Jesus to make TV debut

Muslim apologetics has hit the silver screen. Christian Today reports: 

An Iranian director says the movie he has produced on Jesus according to Islam is the Muslim answer to Western productions such as Mel Gibson's 2004 blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ".

While Nader Talebzadeh praised Gibson's "Passion" as admirable he added, however, that it was quite simply "wrong".
"By making this film I wanted to make a bridge between Christianity and Islam, to open the door for dialogue since there is much common ground between Islam and Christianity," he said.

When I first came across this I though, hmmm, this could create some interesting openings for conversation between Christians and Muslims, if handled sensitively. And it seems that is one of the intents of the director, for he states: