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The Crusades
The Crusades were religious wars during the medieval period aimed at recovering the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
The Thirty Years' War
The conflict started primarily as a religious war between Catholics and Protestants within the Holy Roman Empire.
The Lebanese Civil War
Religion played a significant role, with conflict lines drawn between various sectarian groups like Maronite Christians, Sunni, and Shia Muslims.
The Bosnian War
Religious identities were central, as the war involved Orthodox Serbs, Catholic Croats, and Muslim Bosniaks.
The Sudanese Civil Wars
Religious differences between the Muslim-majority North and the Christian and animist South contributed to the conflict.
The Spanish Reconquista
Christian kingdoms sought to reclaim territory from Muslim Moors; religion was a justifying force for the expansion and conflict.
The First Sikh War
The conflict was between the Sikh Empire, which had a religious foundation, and the East India Company. Religion influenced the Sikh's resistance to British rule.
The Nigerian Civil War (Biafra War)
Major religious differences existed between the predominantly Muslim North and the Christian and animist South, influencing the secession of the Eastern Region (Biafra).
The Second Sudanese Civil War
The war involved religious elements, with the Muslim-dominated government enforcing Islamic law over the Christian and animist minorities in the South.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Religious significance of the land, sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, contributes heavily to the territorial disputes and the nature of the conflict.
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