holy war
Example Sentences
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Instead of worldwide holy war, they want to focus on national affairs, building friendly relations with all countries, including non-Muslim powers like the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
The word ordinarily means an inner struggle for justice, under traditional Islamic theology, but is also regularly used as a call for holy war by terrorist groups.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
The year is 2065, the same year of that other sci-fi movie now in theaters, “The Creator,” in which the U.S. wages holy war against an AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
She considers this war her ‘jihad’, a term to denote a holy war or personal struggle in Islam.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
The Arabian writers enthusiastically recount his pious exhortations to the true believers, and describe with vast enthusiasm his glorious preparations for the holy war.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Charles G. Addison
