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You could argue that the Qur'an is slightly more analogous to Jesus than to the Bible, actually: according to itself, the Qur'an is the revealed word of god (there's actually a whole theological debate that I can't recall the main points of as to if the Qur'an is the Word of God or God or which came first or something, but let's ignore that) in its unmodified, original form.
Ignoring the Christological debate, too, let's just say that Jesus is significantly more than 'just another prophet' in the eyes of Christianity. Taught both through actions and sayings, both of which were recorded in the bible. He didn't write it, some other guy down the line did. So the Christian progression goes God -> Jesus -> main guys -> Bible -> everyone; the Muslim version goes God -> Qur'an -> Muhammad -> everyone.
Muhammad lived his life in accordance with the Qur'an and was/is said to be the best example of how to be a Muslim, which would be roughly analogous to the apostles or saints or some other individual. The Bible would be closer to the Sunnah of the Prophet (recorded sayings/actions of Muhammad) than the Qur'an, in this interpretation.
You could also just say that Islam doesn't have as many holy objects/symbols/people, so the religious fervor is more concentrated.
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