Tammy’s Reviews > The Two Swords of Christ: Five Centuries of War between Islam and the Warrior Monks of Christendom > Status Update

“Although Muslims are expected to engage in Tschaar-one of Islam‘s five pillars is zakat (charity) -Sherri mandates that charity only be shown to fellow Muslims, never non-Muslims (unless by a way of controlling them to Islam).

“… Mohammad himself… regularly employed deceit, and generally permitted lying in three cases: in war (which app applies to the entire Crusade era), to one’s wife, and to reconcile two quarreling parties. He also permitted his followers to pretend to have apostatize from Islam, in order to win the confidence of, and get near enough to murder, the enemy.“

“If you are under non-Muslims authority, fearing for yourselves, behave loyalty to them with your tongue while harboring in an animosity for them… Allah has forbidden believers from being friendly or on intimate terms with the infidels rather than other believers- except when infidels are above them in authority. Should that be the case, let them act friendly towards them while preserving their religion.“

“Indeed, although forgotten today, both swords mentioned by Bernard our reference to Luke, 22:38 where Christ told his disciples that ‘two swords’ are ‘enough.’ For pre-modern theologian, this was Christ way of legitimizing two forms of warfare.- one with the spiritual sword against spiritual enemies, and one with the physical sword against physical enemies.“

Christians are to fight two swords of evils with two sort of swords-a spiritual sword against spiritual enemies, and a physical sword against physical enemies. Taken together, these were the two swords were, and are enough.“ Luke 22