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I think you don't know what interpretation means.
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You mean like how practically every major religion has multiple denominations and movements within it who each have varying different interpretations of the religions they follow, based around the varying translations of their holy texts, interpretations of doctrines, picking and choosing of tenets to follow and to ignore, and an examination of the historical context in which those tenets were originally written?
Since you want to be a smartass about it – yes, there are contradictory statements throughout the Bible and other religious texts. The
interpretation I’m talking about comes from people reading those and deciding which rules are appropriate to follow, and which can be ignored thanks to impracticality, culturally irrelevant or borne of an outdated historical context. Hence why you’ll find most Christians focus on the New Testament’s teachings, and why most Muslims aren’t sword-wielding maniacs.
Now, I get it. You’re not a religious person, you think religious people are probably pretty silly for believing in stuff you don’t. But I don’t believe you honestly think that religious followers are bound to follow every single rule in their religious texts. I think you’re deliberately bringing this up in an attempt to whitewash all religion as stupid and also to paint the picture that all Muslims in particular are bad people. You know that’s not how religion works (this
exact same conversation has cropped up before on these forums), so don’t try to represent it like that.
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I’m sure you can read the above and work out how the dictionary definition applies to it.