'Violence more common' in Bible than Quran, text analysis reveals

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The Old Testament was found to be more than twice as violent as the Quran Removed from bookmarks I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found killing and

destruction occur more frequently in the Christian texts than the Islamic.

Investigating whether the Quran really is more violent than its Judeo-Christian counterparts, software engineer Tom Anderson processed the text of the Holy books to find which contained the most violence.

In a blog post, Mr Anderson explains: "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."

Using text analytics software he had developed, named Odin Text, he analysed both the New International Version of both the Old and New Testaments as well as an [...]

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