I agree that Islam needs a reformation indeed. The Quran does have passages that say kill the infidel. You need to stop reading these Scriptures from a LITERAL view and see the SPIRITUAL meaning to them. The Muslim Sufis understand this greatly! Perhaps you should read up on it!

Just as Yeshua (Jesus) saw the SPIRITUAL meaning of the Jewish Scriptures, so Muslims should see the true meaning of the Quran. The Father seeks people who worship him in Spirit! Also remember that the Bible we have now was composed hundreds of years after Jesus by the Roman organized Church and that other Gospels and tracts were burned as heresy when the Orthodox church came into power.

But what you are doing is saying that ALL Muslims believe in these passages, when in reality, few Muslims take this to an extreme level which the fundementalists do. The Neo-Cons are just EXPLOITING this, just as Hitler exploited communists and Jews and said they were all the same and had to be destroyed. I guess you can see where this is leading.

Even in America, a good chuck of people who profess to be Christian do not like the Christian Right and don't take Christianity in a literal view. They consider their ways oppresive and controlling.

And I wouldn't disrespect Judas. Think about WHY he betrayed Jesus. Cosmic Drama! Also, there are contradictions in the New Testament about how Judas dies. The Gospels say he hung himself, but Acts says he fell and his insides bursts open.