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-	# A [[holy war]] undertaken by [[Muslim]]s.	+	'''Holy war''' may refer to:
-	#: ''The men, all devout Muslims, now face ... life imprisonment for entering into an agreement to wage violent '''jihad''' on Australian soil.''	+
-	# An aggressive [[campaign]] for an idea.	+	* A [[religious war]] led with an exceptionally high grade of religious feeling
-	# a [[personal]] [[spiritual]] [[struggle]] for [[self-improvement]] and against [[evil]]	+	* 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 (war or property)|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)]]
		+	* [[Wars of Religion]]
		+
		+	==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
		+	* [[Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's)]], the Philadelphia Big 5 basketball rivalry game between Villanova University and Saint Joseph's University
		+	* Traditional rivalry between Kraków's two major football clubs, [[Cracovia (football club)|Cracovia]] and [[Wisła Kraków|Wisła]]
		+	* The charity football game between the two San Diego Catholic high schools, [[University of San Diego High School]] and [[St. Augustine High School (San Diego, California)|St. Augustine High School]]
		+	* [[Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)]] versus [[St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio)]] for basketball
		+	* Occasionally used in reference to the Baylor vs. Texas Christian (TCU) rivalry
		+	* Occasionally used in reference to the defunct football rivalry between Boston College and Holy Cross
		+
		+	== Transportation ==
		+	* [[Holy War (locomotive)]] - a steam locomotive on the Bala Lake Railway in Wales.
		+
		+	== 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)|''Holy Wars'' (film)]], 2010 documentary film
		+	* [[Seisen no Keifu]] ''Genealogy of the Holy War'' a Fire Emblem videogame
		+	* [[Holy War (album)|''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
		+
		+	==See also==
		+	* [[Software wars]], sometimes called ''holy wars''
		+
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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 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)
• Wars of Religion

Contents 1 Sports 2 Transportation 3 Popular Culture 4 See also

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
• Holy War (Villanova vs. St. Joe's), the Philadelphia Big 5 basketball rivalry game between Villanova University and Saint Joseph's University
• Traditional rivalry between Kraków's two major football clubs, Cracovia and Wisła
• The charity football game between the two San Diego Catholic high schools, University of San Diego High School and St. Augustine High School
• Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland) versus St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio) for basketball
• Occasionally used in reference to the Baylor vs. Texas Christian (TCU) rivalry
• Occasionally used in reference to the defunct football rivalry between Boston College and Holy Cross

Transportation

• Holy War (locomotive) - a steam locomotive on the Bala Lake Railway in Wales.

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

See also

• Software wars, sometimes called holy wars