I can interpret many things in the bible that christians today do not follow.
also, the fact is that many 'muslims' arent overly religious. they dont care for the pure interpretation or whatever. if you think everyone in islamic countries are zealots reporting to their mosques daily, you are wrong. they just have families and homes and jobs, you know? many of them are apathetic about politics and religion and so on...
there is a definite push by the more extreme edge if islam, and i still cant understand why people dont want to fight this. THE ENEMY IS RFECRUITING. THE ENEMY IS PUSHING THE ANTI-WEST INTERPRETATIONS YOU MENTION. THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO RAISE ISLAM TO JIHAD. why not fight this? if the enemy wants these people unbder his wing, then dammit, i want to deny them to him - and if i can, i want these people to come closer to me and my side.