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	Dark Zen - Zen Holy War?
		Soen used the phrases "just war" and "holy war." Japan was engaged in a "war of compassion" fought by bodhisattva soldiers against the enemies of Buddha.
		In 1896 as the war with China began, he wrote, "religion should, first of all, seek to preserve the existence of the state." Like his teacher, he saw the enemies of Japan as "unruly heathens" who needed to be tamed and conquered or who would otherwise "interrupt the progress of humanity.
		And the war is too recent, he says, "too alive" and "too fresh." It would be disrespectful to their senior priests to talk of such matters while they are alive.
	www.darkzen.com /Articles/zenholy.htm (5512 words)

	Asia Times
		One unique characteristic about this new Holy War is that it seems to be open ended, that while major combats have ended, or never even took place, victory remains not at hand in the near future.
		Taken at face value, the war as explained by the White House is part of a US strategy to spread democracy, to safeguard freedom and to reinstate popular control of national resources and destiny around the world.
		The US, to make the war on terrorism legitimate, must now deliver democracy, freedom and self-determination to the Iraqi people on their terms, a task that cannot be done with precision cruise missiles and bunker busting bombs released at long distance by remote control.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/EE13Ak02.html (5174 words)

	Triablogue: Holy war
		Another possible objection is that holy war presupposes the land-promises (Deut 20:16-18).
		In the minds of many, the hallmark of holy war is the “ban” (Heb.=”herem”), according to which all POWs were put to the sword—women and children included.
		And this, I suggest, is the sense in which OT holy war is still applicable under the New Covenant.
	triablogue.blogspot.com /2005/09/holy-war.html (907 words)

	Holy War in Henry Fifth
		Crusade is a form of holy war that involves a different variation of the synergistic collaboration between God and humans.
		His war is holy not only because it collectively punishes his evil-doing opponents, but because it individually mortifies his sinful subjects.
		The elder Henry plans a holy war against the Turks as a means to quell civil war at home and to ease his conscience for usurping the throne, and his dying words include the advice to his son to 'busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels' to solidify his shaky regime (II Henry IV 4.5.213-14).
	cla.calpoly.edu /~smarx/Publications/henry.html (6448 words)

	Holy War - I. F. Stone
		To this day inter-tribal war is the favorite sport of the Bedouins; to announce "peace" in the very first word is a necessity if any chance encounter is not to precipitate bloodshed.
		In the wake of the first Suez war, he supported the Egyptian demand for evacuation of the Canal Zone and in 1959 he formed an Israeli committee to aid the Algerian rebels.
		We consider that, far from serving as justification, these facts constitute an aggravating circumstance; for those who have known the effects of racism and of discrimination in their own flesh and human dignity, are less excusably racist than those who can only imagine the negative effects of prejudice.
	www.bintjbeil.com /E/occupation/holy_war_stone.html (6955 words)

	Holy War Made in Germany
		On 12 November 1914, the sultan-caliph unveiled a decree of war, signed by the Turkish ministers, and shortly thereafter he addressed an imperial declaration to the army and navy, demanding their participation in the jihad.
		Nevertheless, the very idea of “Holy War,” it should be noted, at least in the WW I setting, originated not with the Turks but with the Germans, who encouraged the Turks to slaughter the Assyrians as well as many other people groups.
		In his own overwhelming collection of evidence collected on behalf of the Foreign Office shortly after the war, he would discern only “inadvertent German shared guilt.“ He was reproached by many for his ambivalent approach: it was said he used the collection of diplomatic files only to morally exonerate the imperial German government.
	www.nineveh.com /Holy%20War%20Made%20in%20Germany.html (2792 words)

	God's War? Bush's Holy Warrior
		The problem with having an active military general who believes that he is fighting in a final holy war against Satan is that fundamentalist Christians regard the global destruction that this holy war would bring as a good thing.
		This war is not representative of American religion in general, or even American Christianity in general, as many American Christian groups are strongly opposed to Bush's war in the Middle East.
		War is no time for a government that is led by centuries-old prophecies.
	www.irregulartimes.com /holywarriorbush.html (2049 words)

	HolyWars.US - What Are The Holy Wars?
		The current "war on terror" does not entirely find its roots pertaining to the events of 9/11, for conquest of Iraq was planned long before 9/11.
		Neither is the war in Iraq all about gaining control of the oil fields, though that has been the end result.
		While all these principles apply, today's wars, as well as many of those in the past (the last 100+ years) are to a large degree, religious wars.
	www.holywars.us /war/about.html (760 words)

	The Problem of Holy War
		The problem of indiscriminate holy war is particularly difficult for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to eliminate from within because it's so deeply rooted in their scriptures and traditions.
		In fact, there's a sense in which the only completely just war in Islamic terms is a holy war since it has to be approved by proper religious authorities and waged to defend or promote Islam or the Muslim community.
		Even in cases where Augustine considered war to be the lesser of evils, he regarded killing as ultimately tragic, always requiring an attitude of mourning and regret on the part of Christians.
	www.scu.edu /ethics/publications/submitted/Perry/holywar.html (3258 words)

	New Holy War Against Evil?
		In all the Abrahamic religions the tradition of a holy war between good and evil coexists with this "ancient law" about the power of love.
		A lust for vengeance and violent retaliation is rising, fanned by a leader caught up in his own rhetoric of a holy war to purify the world of evil.
		If this time of crisis encourages us to see through the rhetoric of a war to exterminate evil, and if we begin to understand the intertwined roots of this evil, including our own responsibility, then perhaps something good may yet come out of this catastrophic tragedy.
	www.theconversation.org /holywar.html (2115 words)

	Holy War?
		The Bible reading religious war zealots form only about 15 per cent of the population, but when you can get to be president with only 25 per cent of the vote, that 15 per cent really matters.
		Just try to suggesting to any religious war zealot that at a time like this they should not trust in their missiles and bombs and should not go warring but should trust completely in a god instead, and they will regard you as a maniac who gives worthless advice.
		Selah Their speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in their heart; their words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
	www.awitness.org /journal/holy_war.html (2251 words)

	Amazon.com: Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World: Books: Karen Armstrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The book attempts a "triple vision" of the concept of crusade or holy war for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, tracing the religious origins of conflict among the three peoples to their differing interpretations of scripture, the secular origins to 19th-century nationalism and imperialism.
		The problem in "Holy War" is that the Muslim invasions of Christian and non-Christian lands count for nothing.
		The fact that Christians and Muslims were just as violent towards their own, in many cases more violent, than they were to each other in the Crusades, is evidence that the "holy war" was a very disposable concept.
	www.amazon.com /Holy-War-Crusades-Impact-Todays/dp/0385721404 (2520 words)

	Holy War
		One theory is that holy wars result when people accidentally or purposely make their PersonalChoiceElevatedToMoralImperative.
		It doens't count as holy war the instances where TopMind is handwaving by himself against the rest of the world.
		The most annoying thing about holy wars in a forum such as Wiki is that they tend to spread into every page.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?HolyWar (551 words)

	'Holy War'
		What is more, elsewhere in the OT God condemns nations for the brutality with which they wage war and their mistreatment of captives.
		In respect both to the specific instructions Moses was given at the time and to the general instructions God gave Israel for waging her wars, Israel did precisely as she was told by the Lord God when she exterminated the population of Bashan.
		It is true that these people were devoted to destruction, but when it is merely said that they were destroyed, it is not made plain that they were destroyed precisely to further, to foster the interests of the Kingdom of God.
	www.faithtacoma.org /sermons/Deuteronomy/FEB9.html (3223 words)

	Frontline Fellowship - Working for Reformation & Praying for Revival
		For those who resist Islam – execution or mutilation is decreed: “The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution or crucifixion, or the cutting off of the hands and feet from opposite sides or exile from the land.
		Those who die in holy war are guaranteed to go to Heaven.
		This war of words, which Muslim leaders today such as Gaddaffi, Saddam Hussein and Yassar Arafat still engage in, is actually a war of nerves.
	www.frontline.org.za /articles/jihad_holywar.htm (2105 words)

	Holy War
		It is the last straw that keeps you from being trampled in the stampede of the Jihads that storm the landscape of Arcania!
		Out there, a war is going on, and of course you wish to take part in it as soon as possible, so therefore I would like you to make a choice:
		You are new to Holy War and want to start playing as soon as possible...
	www.holy-war.com /manual.php (377 words)

	AlterNet: War on Iraq: A Distant Mirror of Holy War
		During a real holy war, of course, the fire and brimstone is not just figurative.
		The holy warriors from America are blessed with superior military strength, which includes the capacity to melt human flesh...
		As the United States government terrorizes and murders in the name of fighting terrorism and murder, the message from Washington is that its holy war of might is unquestionably right.
	www.alternet.org /waroniraq/20485 (1143 words)

	holywar2 is David M. Payne's site for freethinkers
		There is a "Holy War" going on, and its been going on for as long as humanity has had a written history and
		It is the war that seeks to enslave humanity to authoritarian religious and secular
		This is a war that will be won, if humanity finally puts these authoritarian dogmas to rest in the dustbin of
	www.holywar2.com (367 words)

	War on Terror: Holy War 101 - Newsweek: World News - MSNBC.com
		Today, those jihad academies continue to indoctrinate new generations of holy warriors, passionately loyal to the banner of radical Islam and inured to lives of hardship.
		But others steep their students in the doctrine of holy war and function openly as jihad enlistment centers.
		The Afghans told their local contacts that Mullah Omar was calling for new recruits to intensify the war against America.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3540600 (1721 words)

	Islamic "holy war" against more than just Israel.
		But later, when he gained power, he redefined it as a "holy war" and promised elaborate sensual pleasures in paradise for any "martyr" who died fighting to expand Allah's rule over the land of "infidels."
		That war was begun by Mohammed himself in the seventh century and is still carried on today by his faithful followers through terrorism."
		And it teaches that war is holy if it advances Islamic control.
	www.chick.com /bc/2001/holywar.asp (1044 words)

	Amazon.com: Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden: Books: Peter Bergen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden by Peter L. Bergen.
		Furthermore, Bergen's "Holy War, Inc." characterization of al-Qaeda as a kind of multinational corporation is exactly the sort of catchy, but superficial and misleading designation that irritates the cognoscenti.
		The atrocities committed by Al Qaeda and its sympathisers are not acts of war, not retaliation for the war on Iraq, as their apologists claim.
	www.amazon.com /Holy-War-Inc-Inside-Secret/dp/0743234952 (3124 words)

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		They thus having ended their council of war, rose up, and essayed to do as they had determined; they marched towards Mansoul, but all in a manner invisible, save one, only one; nor did he approach the town in his own likeness, but under the shade and in the body of the dragon.
		Moreover Emmanuel resolved to make, at a time convenient, a war upon the giant Diabolus, even while he was possessed of the town of Mansoul; and that he would fairly by strength of hand drive him out of his hold, his nest, and take it to himself to be his habitation.
		The King's captains, when they marched from the court to come up against Mansoul to war, as they came crossing over the country, they happened to light upon three young fellows that had a mind to go for soldiers: proper men they were, and men of courage and skill, to appearance.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /InfoNw4/2hw.htm (15053 words)

	Jihad - A Holy War
		They believe that the Quranic defense of war does not apply to terrorism or justify the attacks of September 11.
		They view their actions as a true jihad or “holy war” against infidels and the enemies of Islam.
		They believe it is right to target America, “the great Satan.” Osama bin Laden believes that the Quran supports his campaign, that the Prophet would indeed bless his cause, that Islamic law clearly justifies his actions, and that Allah is on his side.
	stonebriarchurch.org /jihad_-_a_holy_war.htm (1459 words)

	The Holy War
		And that is the aim and the end of the war; and the war has hardly begun, there are still traitors to unmask.
		And that is the aim and the end of the war, and the war has hardly begun; there are still masks to tear off.
		He who has declared this war in himself is at peace with his fellows, and although his whole being is the field of the most violent battle, in his very innermost depths there reigns a peace that is more active than any war.
	www.gurdjieff.org /daumal1.htm (1918 words)

	The Holy War
		Muslims emphatically insist that the Jihad, or Holy War, was only a means of defence and was never used as an offensive act.
		The verse introduced the rule for the first time that the spoils of war would be the property of the soldiers who actually take part in the battle...THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS why the soldiers of Islam fought tooth and nail.
		The repeated claim that booty could not have been a motive - because the Holy War must have pure religious motives - is insincere, for if it were so, booty would surely not have been made an incentive.
	answering-islam.org /Nehls/Ask/war.html (1518 words)

	Films of Anand Patwardhan
		Minorities are scapegoats of every calamity as nations subdivide into religious and ethnic zones, each seemingly eager to annihilate the other or extinguish itself on the altar of martyrdom.
		FATHER, SON AND HOLY WAR explores in two parts the possibility that the psychology of violence against "the other" may lie in male insecurity, itself an inevitable product of the very construction of "manhood."
		For showing to courses on current Indian politics, on religion and ethnicity, on women's issues, the sociology of violence, or popular culture, FATHER, SON AND HOLY WAR is powerful stuff, but the faint of heart should be forewarned of its harrowing content."
	www.patwardhan.com /films/fathersonholywar.htm (615 words)

	Islam vs. Christianity the holy war
		If you have had a long time friendship with them, by the leading of the Holy Spirit as to the timing encourage them to read the Koran in a literal way and with an eye to the critical.
		Let's not sleep on our watch and let's not be guilty of passing over a soul in need of salvation because he or she is Muslim.
		There is a war between Islam and Christianity, but Jesus has the keys and His blood has bought the victory at Calvery.
	www.geocities.com /gcmalbania/holywar.html (875 words)

	Holy War
		Richard A. Cappalli is a softspoken grandfather and self-described country lawyer who took on asbestos manufacturers from 2 Main St., Woonsocket, his office near a deli and a karate studio.
		When he came home from La Salle Academy with a fl arm band to protest the war, his father, a middle manager in construction, grilled him for hours on his views.
		Alone in her office one day during Holy Week, Regina yelled to the bishops.
	www.tjcesq.com /CM/Articles/HolyWar.asp (7204 words)

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