English-Portuguese translations for holy war

• guerra sagrada
  Penso que não faz sentido desencadear agora entre nós uma guerra sagrada sobre o significado desse texto. I cannot see the sense of unleashing a holy war among ourselves as to the exact significance of that text.
• guerra santa
  O último golpe de Estado foi acompanhado por uma declaração de guerra santa por parte da Al-Qaeda. The latest coup has been accompanied by a declaration of holy war on the part of Al-Qaeda.
  A mesquita de Al-Hazar, o Vaticano muçulmano, já ontem apelava à guerra santa contra os Americanos. Yesterday the Al-Hasar mosque, the Moslem Vatican, called for a holy war against the United States.
  As redes da Jihad operam em toda Europa, e as mesquitas incitam os fiéis a empreenderem uma guerra santa contra a nossa sociedade aberta. Jihad networks are operating throughout Europe, and mosques are calling the faithful to a holy war against our open society.

Definition of holy war

• A war that is entirely, primarily, or ostensibly religious in motivation; a war over religion

Examples

• The conflict is beginning to look like a holy war between Sunnis and Shias

Related words

• holy water
• holy water sprinkler
• holy water font
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• Holymoorside and Walton