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A holy war is a religious war primarily caused or justified by differences in religion.

Holy War may also refer to:

Sports rivalries

• Holy War (Boston College–Notre Dame), college football
• Holy War (BYU–Utah), college football
• Holy War (Saint Joseph's–Villanova), college basketball
• Holy War (Kraków), Wisła Kraków vs. KS Cracovia, professional football

Music

• Holy War (Dragonland album), 2002
• Holy War (Thy Art Is Murder album), 2015
• "Holy War" (Toto song), 2015
• "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due", a song by Megadeth, 1990
• Holy Wars (album), an album by Tuxedomoon, 1985
• "Holy War", a song by Jon Butcher Axis from Wishes
• "Holy War", a song by Alicia Keys from Here
• "Holy War, a song by Lovebites from Electric Pentagram
• "The Holy War", a song by Thin Lizzy from Thunder and Lightning

Other uses

• Holy War (locomotive), a steam locomotive on the Bala Lake Railway in Wales
• Holy War (board game), a 1979 board wargame
• Holy Wars (film), a 2010 documentary film
• The Holy War, a 1682 novel by John Bunyan
• Holy War, Inc., a 2001 book by Peter Bergen

See also

• Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
• Holy War, Batman!
• "Svyaschennaya Voyna", a song written on the day after the Nazi invasion of the USSR
• Crusade (disambiguation)
• Jihad (disambiguation)
• Dharamyudh (disambiguation)
• Religious conflict (disambiguation)
• Sacred War (disambiguation)
• War of Religion (disambiguation)