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Justification of violence comes about when one doesn't reinterpret...

Okay, I see what you're saying on that. I would argue that taking something word for word is in fact an interpretation. On top of that, being completely and 100% literal in your reading I would even argue is 100% impossible. We are BIASED individuals and none of us are capable of being objective. No matter what we read, no matter what we experience, we are FORCED to interpret and come to a conclusion.

...doesn't take things out of context...

This I'd heavily disagree with.

"Money is the root of all evil" or "The love of money is the root of all evil"

How about Proverbs 20:30
"Blows and wounds cleanse away evil and beating purge the inmost being."

Then you can choose to ignore Matt 22
"'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "

Even in the Qu'ran there are seemingly conflicting statements like those in the bible. Ones that appear to condone violence and ones that condemn it. By choosing to embrace one and ignore the other, we're choosing a way to interpret the Qu'ran as a whole by elevating one verse above another as more important to your faith.

I would suggest that there are times when things are in fact taken out of context to justify violence. Certainly there are times when that is not the case, but I would not want to over-correct and say that it is always or never the case.