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The Just war and Holy War
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just war
: A war which meets internationally accepted criteria for fairness
holy war
Fighting for a religious
cause
terrorist
: a person who uses unlawful violence, usually against innocent civilians, in the pursuit of political or religious aims
Lesser Jihad
: the military struggle to defend Islam. It is carried out according to strict and clear cut rules.
Harb al-Muqadis
holy war
The
Crusades
Holy wars fought between Muslims and Christians
ISIS
/ISIL: A terrorist group trying to seize territory in
Iraq
and
Syria
through extreme acts of terrorism
persecution
: mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs
Hadith: Know that the
evil
of
war
is
swift
, and it's
taste
bitter