Holy War

Holy war may refer to:

  • A religious war led with an exceptionally high grade of religious feeling
  • The Crusades, 11th, 12th, and 13th-century religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Christian Europe against Muslim Persia and Middle East.
  • The Herem referred to in the Hebrew Bible.
  • Reconquista
  • Seisen, the name given by Showa era propaganda to the Second Sino-Japanese War, based on the slogan hakko ichiu.
  • Taiping Rebellion
  • Spread of Islam
  • Jewish–Roman wars
  • Arab-Israeli Wars (disambiguation)
  • Way of the Celestial Masters
  • Five Pecks of Rice Rebellion
  • Jihad (generally translated into English as "Holy War"), in Islam
  • Wars of Religion (France)
  • European wars of religion

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