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There is no name for Islamic holy war. You were the resource persons thinking of Jihad, I Know Because the Media is a wild! The war Could Be Called Jihad, but Jihad Is not always war. Cowardly and war Is not suicide bombing, and killing innocents. But there is one the biggest war between Muslims and Infidel, the so-called "War of Badr"
There is no Hebrew word for holy war. Modern Hebrew uses the word Jihad (ג׳יהאד) for the specific Islamic context. You could describe that in Hebrew as מלחמת קודש נגד כופרים באיסלאם. (Holy war against the infidels in Islam)Judaism has no such concept of war being holy.
The Islamic equivalent of the Christian Holy Bible is the Quran.
Although the Torah does specify the rules of war, the term 'Holy War' isn't used in the Torah or the rest of the Tanach.
The Islamic religion has three holy cities: Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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If you wish to translate such a concept literally into Arabic (which is the Islamic Holy Language), it would be "Harb Muqaddis", but usually when referring to Islam, a person is looking for the term "Jihad" which is an Islamic Struggle for Dominance (over Oppression).
The radical-fundamentalist Islamic followers are not at war with the West, they are at war with anybody that do not believe what they believe in. They have killed many more 'ordinary Islamic' followers then 'westerner' for not strictly following their interpretation of the Koran (the Islam Holy Book)
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to take the holy land back from the Islamic empires. to take the holy land back from the Islamic empires.
The term for holy war in Islam is "jihad." Jihad can be interpreted in different ways, including as a struggle or striving for personal spiritual growth, as well as a physical struggle in defense of Islam.