An analysis of the Bible and the Quran has found that violence and destruction are discussed more frequently in Christian scripture than in the Islamic text.
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In an effort to dispel the oft-mentioned argument that Islam is an "inherently violent religion", an American software engineer
processed the Holy books in order to find out how frequently savagery is mentioned.
Tom Anderson said: "The project was inspired by the ongoing public debate around whether or not terrorism connected with Islamic fundamentalism reflects something inherently and distinctly violent about Islam compared to other major religions."
Far-right groups such as Britain First often advocate the idea Islam is "inherently violent"
Anderson used software he developed, Odin Text, to analyse both the Old and New Testaments as well as an English-language version of the Quran dated from 1917.
It took just two minutes to complete the analysis and produce a series of data analysing the sentiment of words [...]
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