After all, a Muslim film producer in a Muslim country has made a blasphemous movie that disrespects Jesus.

A director who shares the ideas of Iran's hardline president has produced what he says is the first film giving an Islamic view of Jesus Christ, in a bid to show the "common ground" between Muslims and Christians.

Nader Talebzadeh sees his movie, "Jesus, the Spirit of God," as an Islamic answer to Western productions like Mel Gibson's 2004 blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ," which he praised as admirable but quite simply "wrong".

"Gibson's film is a very good film. I mean that it is a well-crafted movie but the story is wrong -- it was not like that," he said, referring to two key differences: Islam sees Jesus as a prophet, not the son of God, and does not believe he was crucified

In light of the civilized, peaceful behavior of Muslims in recent years whenever their theological ox is gored, there appears to me to be an appropriate path for we Christians to follow. It seems to me that there needs to be a death sentence issued against Nader Talebzadeh for his insult to Jesus and to those of us who follow him. There need to be demands for an apology from the Iranian government. Mobs need to burn down Iranian diplomatic and cultural buildings around the world, as well as attack and destroy some mosques. Heck, maybe Christians also need to beat and kill a few random Muslims, perhaps by beheading, in order to express the level of offense given by this movie. After all, that is how the Muslim world handles perceived slights against Islam and its false prophet -- Muslims certainly won't object were Christians to respond in kind, would they?

Of course, such evil actions would go against all forms of civilized behavior, and betray Christianity's place as the true religion of peace. There would be universal outrage and condemnation if Christians acted like Muslims in this situation -- or any like it. And that outrage would be merited.

By the way, be sure to read the entire article and see just how much of a blasphemous insult to Christianity the religion of Islam really is. Then ask yourself -- how can Islam demand that Christians respect Muslim religious sensibilities when Islam itself is so offensive to the basic teachings of Christianity?

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