Religious war
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A religious war or a war of religion, sometimes also known as a holy war, is a war and conflict which is primarily caused or justified by differences in religion and beliefs. In the modern period, the
The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem as Romans stormed the city during the Great Jewish Revolt.
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of French Protestants, 1572
Mughal Emperor Akbar shoots the Rajput commander Jaimal during the 1567–1568 Siege of Chittorgarh, a pivotal campaign within the larger Mughal–Rajput wars.
Midianite women, children and livestock taken captive by Israelite soldiers after all Midianite men had been killed and their towns burnt. Watercolour by James Tissot (c. 1900) illustrating the War against the Midianites as narrated in Numbers 31.
The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities is a popular history book by Matthew White, a librarian. The book provides a ranking of the hundred wo
Religious war
…to the Encyclopedia of Wars, out of all 1,763 known/recorded historical conflicts, 121, or 6.87%, had religion as their primary cause. Matthew White's The Great Big Book of Horrible Things gives religion as the primary cause of 11 of the world's 100 deadliest atrocities. Such estimates and others have been reviewed by historians of religious…
The Great Big Book of Horrible Things