Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture, and History of Shi'ite Islam, by Juan Cole, I.

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As the top security minister in Miss Megawati's government, he failed to stop would-be martyrs from travelling to conflict zones to wage holy war.

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Poloma says some people might hear that and say Palin believes this is a holy war, or that Pentecostals think this is a holy war.

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Mr Abdallah: The reason why I left for Kenya was because I have realised my son was misled into believing that he was fighting in a holy war.

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The new sultan will be chosen from Sokoto's ruling dynasty - descendents of Uthman Dan Fodio, who launched a jihad, or holy war, in 1804, spreading Islam across northern Nigeria and its neighbours.

BBC: The Sultan of Sokoto Mohammadu Maccido

Bergen was the recipient of the 2000 Leonard Silk Journalism Fellowship and was the Pew Journalist in Residence at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in 2001 while writing Holy War, Inc.

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During the U.S-Mexican War in the 1840s ABS gave copies of the holy book to both Mexican and American forces.

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Leaders of the Serbian church, dismayed that Orthodox Christians may lose access to the holy places in Kosovo in whose name the Serbs supposedly fought the war, want Mr Milosevic to step down.

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But since the start of the war, Iraqis every year brace for an uptick in violence during the holy month.

CNN: Iraqi violence overshadows start of Ramadan

As prime minister during the Gulf war in 1991, Mr Sharif speeded the deployment of 50, 000 Pakistani troops to defend the holy land.

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