Sword and Scimitar
This is an old story, but one that bears repeating....
During a short lull in fighting between the Muslims and the Christians (mostly English knights) during the Crusades, a summit meeting was called between the two sides to discuss peace possibilities.
The gathering took place in the huge, ornately furnished tent of one of the many chieftains of the Muslim side, and was prefaced with dancing girls performing for the guests, along with sumptious buffets of regional delights and drinks.
In time however, the discussion devolved into passionate argument as both sides tried to present their various claims and predictions. At the height of the argument, an English Lord jumped up from his reclining position, drew his huge broadsword and....with a mighty blow, he struck a beautiful table full force. The table was demolished, and into the awed silence of the assembly, the knight said, with a voice emphatic and loud, "Thus will the Christian God do to the invaders and defilers of the Holy Land". He then sat down.
Rising gently from the floor, his host, the Muslim chieftain, looked about haughtily and with a snap of his fingers, summoned one of the beautiful dancing girls to his side. Reaching out slowly and carefully, the chieftain removed from her smooth tan shoulder, a gorgeous silk scarf, of the utmost in beauty and costliness.
As silence engulfed the assembly, the chieftain then drew his curved scimitar from its sheaf, turned it edge up, held it at waist level and then let the delicate silk scarf fall onto it.
With scarce a hesitation or slowing, the scarf wafted gently onto the edge of the scimitar, there to continuing in slow relief as it was halved by the incredible sharpness of the scimitar's blade, continued its inexorable fall to the floor.
As it gently folded itself upon the floor at fall's end, the chieftain said to the group, "Thus shall Allah do to the infidels who would take our land, and our Holy Place".
Interesting story, huh? And I'm not sure which side of the argument the unknown author falls. But it does give one to think.
Sahagan
During a short lull in fighting between the Muslims and the Christians (mostly English knights) during the Crusades, a summit meeting was called between the two sides to discuss peace possibilities.
The gathering took place in the huge, ornately furnished tent of one of the many chieftains of the Muslim side, and was prefaced with dancing girls performing for the guests, along with sumptious buffets of regional delights and drinks.
In time however, the discussion devolved into passionate argument as both sides tried to present their various claims and predictions. At the height of the argument, an English Lord jumped up from his reclining position, drew his huge broadsword and....with a mighty blow, he struck a beautiful table full force. The table was demolished, and into the awed silence of the assembly, the knight said, with a voice emphatic and loud, "Thus will the Christian God do to the invaders and defilers of the Holy Land". He then sat down.
Rising gently from the floor, his host, the Muslim chieftain, looked about haughtily and with a snap of his fingers, summoned one of the beautiful dancing girls to his side. Reaching out slowly and carefully, the chieftain removed from her smooth tan shoulder, a gorgeous silk scarf, of the utmost in beauty and costliness.
As silence engulfed the assembly, the chieftain then drew his curved scimitar from its sheaf, turned it edge up, held it at waist level and then let the delicate silk scarf fall onto it.
With scarce a hesitation or slowing, the scarf wafted gently onto the edge of the scimitar, there to continuing in slow relief as it was halved by the incredible sharpness of the scimitar's blade, continued its inexorable fall to the floor.
As it gently folded itself upon the floor at fall's end, the chieftain said to the group, "Thus shall Allah do to the infidels who would take our land, and our Holy Place".
Interesting story, huh? And I'm not sure which side of the argument the unknown author falls. But it does give one to think.
Sahagan
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Definately a story that can inspire thought..on many levels.[;)] 0 -
From a movie. More holywood hype. 0 -
The REAL story was that the muslem leader unsheathed his scimitar and beheaded the dancing girl for not being covered (either that or for naming her teddy bear mohamed). 0 -
I saw Kevin Costner do that with Whitney Houston's panties and a katana. 0 -
Yes that's a old tale that's been adapted to fit the teller's needs
The way I heard the story it was an english knight in Japan. The knight drew his two-handed sword and chopped an iron (steel?) bar in two to show the strength of his sword and then the samuri cut something like the veil in your story to show how sharp his sword was.0
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