War and Peace quotes and references Flashcards
Exodus 21
an eye for an eye
Leviticus 19:18
love your neighbour as yourself
Matthew 5
‘blessed are the peacemakers’; ‘turn the other cheek’; ‘love your enemies’
Matthew 7
Do to others as you would have them do to you (Jesus’ ‘Golden Rule’)
Luke 10:25-37
Parable of the Good Samaritan (being good to a foreigner)
Qur’an 16
If you have to respond, make your attack proportionate, but it is best to stand fast
Qur’an 17
Do not take life, which God has made sacred
Martin Luther King vs Malcolm X
Martin Luther King (“hate can never drive out hate, only love can do that”) vs Malcolm X (“sometimes you’ve got to pick the gun up to put the gun down” “the ballot or the bullet”)
Quran 9:4
Except for those among the polytheists with whom you had made a treaty, and did not violate any of its terms, nor aided anyone against you. So fulfill the treaty with them to the end of its term. God loves the righteous.
Quran 9:5
When the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them. And capture them, and besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every ambush. But if they repent, and perform the prayers, and pay the alms, then let them go their way. God is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Quran 9:6
And if anyone of the polytheists asks you for protection, give him protection so that he may hear the Word of God; then escort him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.
Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder
Romans 12:17-19
Do not repay anyone evil for evil
Quran 22:39
Those who have been attacked are permitted to take up arms because they have been wronged. God has the power to help them.
Matthew 5:39
“but i tell you , do not resist an evil person”
