Both Christian and Muslim polemicists condemned each other’s military force while justifying their own

Evidence

This last point, which several authors mentioned, contrasts strangely with Humbert’s assertion that the Crusaders similarly used arms in default of the miracles of the primitive Church. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 707

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the theme of symmetrical self-justification among antagonists, mirroring how each Crusade-era polemicist condemned the enemy’s sword while accepting their own. — connects to: Christians condemned Islamic force while fully embracing their own crusading warfare