I have never seen actual terrorists debating about the correct interpretation of the Qur'an - have you?
You don't debate a terrorist Imam, you just follow his teachings and shut up.
Here are some ISIS prisoners explaining it
The interpretation can't be manipulated but a little and even that only to those who allow themselves to be manipulated.
Yes it can be manipulated.
I just proved it. 1.6 billion people can prove it too.
Once again let's try to make some sense of this:
Quran 9:28
O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wise.
Quran 9:29
Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled.
Quran 9:30
The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah ." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?
Notice how the whole theme around 9:29 seems to be a critic of polytheists, Christians, and Jews.
Very much in tune with the main message of the verse.
They are flawed people by not believing in Allah so let's attack them until they pay jizyah or die.
The historical context doesn't support the idea that this is a nonviolent verse and instead looks a lot closer to an open call to attack the unbelievers.
Any volunteers to explain how this verse can possibly be seen as not violent?
Attack only if you are attacked doesn't work here.
Nobody is attacking the Muslims at the time (historically)
The attack is not defensive but aggressive based on religious beliefs.
The attack doesn't stop when the enemy stops the aggression, the enemy is not attacking.
No way around it, this is Islam in its pure aggressive and dangerous form.
The byzantines broke their own law.
By killing a blasphemer from an enemy army?
That is like a Christian messenger trying to convince ISIS leaders to convert to Christianity.
Do you think he would be allowed to return with his head intact?