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Any religious war you want to cite has produced less suffering and less casualties than the secular wars of the 20th century, in which millions were slaughtered and even civilians targeted (Dresden, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, bombing of Britain).

The religious wars of Europe have a complex history and the name is misleading. You had alliances between Catholic and Protestant states against other Catholic and Protestant states. To the extent that religion had a motivating factor, it was quickly forgotten in the realities of geopolitics and power.

The Catholic Church has always taught that error has no rights. It is impossible for a false religion to have rights to express itself, propagandise, preach, build places of worship, etc.. A king may allow that in his own dominion if he believes it to be a politically wise decision, but it is not possible to assert it as an absolute right.

Pope Leo XIII:
>It is contrary to reason that error and truth should have equal rights.