Christians condemned Islam’s force while deploying force themselves without noticing inconsistency

Evidence

The theoretical defence of Crusading warfare is related to this problem. The use of force was almost universally considered to be a major and characteristic constituent of the Islamic religion, and an evident sign of error. It was a part of the Christian approach to take this view while embracing the necessity for Crusading. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 624

There was little recognition that Christians were inconsistent to advocate the use of force against Islam, while condemning Islam for its theoretic approval of the use of force; and again, to cut themselves off from Islamic society, while despising Muslims for ‘refusing to dispute’. In the condemnatior. of the Islamic attitude exaggeration had its usual place, but mostly it was a case of accepted attitudes which were never examined or questioned. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 746

Categorization

• XREF: Similar double-standard pattern to the moral-panic article — a group condemns the other for a practice it itself engages in, reframed as legitimate. — connects to: Christians condemned Islamic force while fully embracing their own crusading warfare
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 624; Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 746