He conducted a study of the Quran and the Bible in the light of the September 11 attacks and accusations that the Quran incites violence . However , he found that " the Bible contains far more verses praising or urging bloodshed than does the Quran . " In 2002 Jenkins , who is a Catholic-turned-Episcopalian , discussed the Catholic sex abuse cases by asserting that his " research of cases over the past 20 years indicates no evidence whatever that Catholic or other celibate clergy are any more likely to be involved in misconduct or abuse than clergy of any other denomination — or indeed , than non-clergy . However determined news media may be to see this affair as a crisis of celibacy , the charge is just unsupported . " In a 2010 interview with National Public Radio , Jenkins stated that he believes that " the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible " and cites explicit instructions in the Old Testament calling for genocide while the Quran calls for primarily defensive war . Jenkins went on to state that Christianity , Islam , and Judaism had undergone a process that he refers to as " holy amnesia " in which violence in sacred texts became symbolic action against one 's sins . Islam had until recently also undergone the same process in which jihad became an internal struggle rather than war
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Philip Jenkins