Holy war
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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 the Muslim 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
- Way of the Celestial Masters
- Five Pecks of Rice Rebellion
- Jihad (generally translated into English as "Holy War"), in Islam
- Wars of Religion (France)
- Wars of Religion
[edit] Sports
- Holy War (Boston College vs. Notre Dame), a football rivalry between Boston College and Notre Dame
- Holy War (Utah vs. BYU), between Brigham Young University and the University of Utah
- Traditional rivalry between Kraków's two major football clubs, Cracovia and Wisła
- The charity bowl game between the two San Diego Catholic high schools, University of San Diego High School and St. Augustine High School for football
- Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland) versus St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio) for basketball
- Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's), the Philadelphia Big 5 rivalry game between Villanova University and Saint Joseph's University
[edit] Transportation
- Holy War (locomotive) - a steam locomotive on the Bala Lake Railway in Wales.
[edit] Popular Culture
- "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due", a song written by Megadeth on their 1990 album Rust in Peace.
- "Svyaschennaya Voyna" (The Sacred War), a song written on the day after the Nazi invasion of the USSR
- The Holy War, a 1682 novel by John Bunyan
- Holy Wars (film), 2010 documentary film
- Seisen no Keifu Genealogy of the Holy War a Fire Emblem videogame
- Holy War (album), the second album released by the power metal band Dragonland
- Holy War, Batman!
- Holy War, Inc., a 2001 book by CNN investigative journalist and documentarian Peter Bergen
[edit] See also
- Software wars, sometimes called holy wars
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