a war approved by the higher authorities of a religion against another religion or members of a sect of the same religion. Some sort of reward usually in the "after life" was guaranteed to those who...
There is no term 'holy war' in Islam. The word which has been called 'holy war' is "Jihad", but jihad does not mean 'holy war'.
Jihad means to strive to do the good. It may take the form of warfare,...