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This list only includes public declarations of holy war which either did, or could conceivably, have resulted in actual deaths.

See also: Declared Holy War Against Israel and Declared Holy War Against the United States

• Abd al-Hafid, against France (11-Jan-1908)
• Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, against Ethiopia (9-Oct-2006)
• Ahmed Gragn, against Ethiopian Christians (1520)
• Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, against Egypt (12-Aug-1881)
• Ahmat Ismael Bichara, against Christians in Africa and Europe (2008)
• Gen. Shunroku Hata, against China (3-Feb-1940)
• Haj Amin al Husseini, against England (11-Nov-1951)
• Amanullah Khan, against Afghan rebels (Aug-1924)
• Ustadz Malik of the Moro National Liberation Front, against the Philippines (Apr-2007)
• Pope Martin V, against Bohemia (1420)
• Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, against Cuba (29-Oct-1961)
• Sultan Doud Murra, against France (1904)
• Sultan Mehmed V, against Allied forces (14-Nov-1914)
• North Korea, against South Korea (3-Jul-1950)
• North Korea, against South Korea (Jan-2010)
• North Korea, against South Korea (23-Dec-2010)
• North Korea, against South Korea (Mar-2012)
• Mohammad Shah Qajar, against Imperial Russia (1910)
• Peru President Fernando Terry, against the Shining Path (8-Jul-1984)

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Omar al-Bashir	Politician	1-Jan-1944		President of Sudan
Babur	Royalty	14-Feb-1483	26-Dec-1530	Mughal Emperor
King Ferdinand II	Royalty	10-Mar-1452	23-Jan-1516	King of Spain, bankrolled Columbus
Emperor Hirohito	Royalty	29-Apr-1901	7-Jan-1989	Emperor of Japan 1926-89
Saddam Hussein	Head of State	28-Apr-1937	30-Dec-2006	President of Iraq, 1979-2003
Queen Isabella	Royalty	22-Apr-1451	26-Nov-1504	Bankrolled Columbus, persecuted Jews
Chiang Kai-Shek	Head of State	31-Oct-1887	5-Apr-1975	President of Nationalist China
Hamid Karzai	Head of State	24-Dec-1957		President of Afghanistan
Ayatollah Khomeini	Religion	24-Sep-1902	3-Jun-1989	Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran
Moses	Religion	c. 1392 BC	c. 1272 BC	Ten Commandments
Muammar Qaddafi	Head of State	1942	20-Oct-2011	Dictator of Libya
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	Head of State	25-Aug-1934		President of Iran, 1989-97
Muqtada al-Sadr	Military	12-Aug-1973		Militant Shiite Iraqi cleric
Saladin	Royalty	c. 1137	4-Mar-1193	Retook Jerusalem in 1187
King Ibn Saud	Head of State	1876	9-Nov-1953	Founder of Saudi Arabia
Haile Selassie	Royalty	23-Jul-1892	27-Aug-1975	Last Emperor of Ethiopia
Tamerlane	Royalty	9-Apr-1336	19-Feb-1405	Conquered Hindustan
Pope Urban II	Religion	c. 1035	29-Jul-1099	Roman Catholic Pope, 1088-99

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