Are there any recent holy wars? What was the cause or origin?

The Taliban and Al Qaeda believe that they are in a war between Islam and Christianity and Judaism. They believe that Islam is the only true religion, that all other religions therefore must be false and must be suppressed and that propogation of their faith through armed conflict is not only permitted but required. It is unclear what percentage of Muslims they speak for. If it's only 1%, that's 13,000,000 suicidal, homicidal militants ready to die as long as they can kill you. Sounds like a holy war, at least as far as they are concerned.

India had a Holy war.

India is in deep turmoil on a number of religious fronts. While the mainstream press focuses mainly on the conflict between predominantly Hindu India and predominantly Muslim Pakistan over the threatened separation of the Indian Jammu and Kashmir state, the death toll rises in other parts of the country as internecine war widens. Hindutva groups have now embarked on a countrywide campaign of terror, distributing lethal tridents to mass gatherings of Hindus, which, presumably, are to be used against hapless Muslims. The government has, predictably, done absolutely nothing to stop the campaign. To the contrary, the supposedly liberal Prime Minister constantly reiterates his undying faith in the Sangh Parivar, under whose blessings the campaign is being conducted. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad?s Pravin Togadia, lionized by the Sangh Parivar as the latest icon of Hindutva-brand nationalism, criss-crosses the length and breadth of India unhindered, spewing venom against Muslims and Christians and distributing lethal weapons to large crowds. For its part, the state looks on in complete apathy, colluding in this campaign of terror that threatens to send India hurtling towards civil war.

This holy war is really weird and I support the Christians.

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The war on terror? its caused because of Muslim extremists after the attacks on 9/11