The Muslim devotion to Jesus is a remarkable example of the way in
which one tradition can be enriched by another. It cannot be said that
Christians returned the compliment. While the Muslims were amassing
their Jesus-traditions, Christian scholars in Europe were denouncing
Muhammad as a lecher and charlatan, viciously addicted to violence. But
today both Muslims and Christians are guilty of this kind of bigotry
and often seem eager to see only the worst in each other.

He also holds a special place within todays Islam, but that fact is easily overlooked!