The Passion(lessness) of the Christ

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.

TV airing for Islam's story of Christ

The headline you won't see next: TV airing for Christianity's story of Muhammad.

And another thought--consider this quote:

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".

Ok, so Christians affirm the central distinct tenet of Christianity, and Muslims don't. How is that complex? The founding documents of Christianity are quite clear on this issue:

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures: (1 Cor. 15:1-4)

The gospel delivered by the author of this epistle, Paul of Tarsus, begins with the event of Christ's crucifixion. Without it, nothing that follows is possible.

Furthermore, this is not primarily a doctrinal dispute. Instead it focuses on history. Whether the crucifixion occurred or not is a matter of history. Even the first and second century opponents of Christianity agreed that Christ had died on the cross. The Koran's denial of this event is based on the assertion of a divine illusion: Allah made it seem that Jesus died when in fact he did not. This belief is by definition beyond historical confirmation, since it insists that all eyewitnesses were gulled by an illusion. Discussing Christ with Muslims, who deny the historical crucifixion, is like discussing NASA with moon landing deniers or discussing Nazi Germany with Holocaust deniers or discussing evolution with creationists: because a foundational disagreement on the facts of history exists, no meaningful discussion of the significance of the events can occur.