Explain why a religious believer might not go to war, be able to explain what "just war" means and know at least two definitions
from the just war criteria . Explain what a holy war is and why some people are willing to fight for their religion and describe at least one holly war .
A religious believer might not go to war because their religion is against hurting anyone, killing anyone and making people suffer. Just war is: -Legal -Happens for a reasonable cause -Civillians must not be used
Holy war is war which happens for religious purposes, for example if Muslims and Christians were fighting over holy land- that would be holy war. Holy wars usually have three elements:the achievement of a religious goalauthorised by a religious leadera spiritual reward for those who take partAn example of holy war are the Crusades References: BBC Bitesize
