--- title: The History of French-Muslim Violence Began in Algeria description: In 1962, LIFE photographer Paul Schutzer shot the end of the Algerian War. Half a century later, the violence still reverberates. canonical: https://time.com/3664161/france-algeria-muslim-violence/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-13T18:15:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:06:15.780Z og:title: The History of French-Muslim Violence Began in the Streets of Algeria og:description: In 1962, LIFE photographer Paul Schutzer shot the end of the Algerian War. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jan 13, 2015 6:15 PM UTC  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jan 13, 2015 6:15 PM UTC It’s not difficult to situate the horrific massacres in Paris last week— which claimed the lives of 17 victims — within the broader context of terrorism carried out by Islamic extremist groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and greater Syria (ISIS). But there’s another context in which the attacks should be understood, and it dates back to the 1950s and early ‘60s, when the Algerian War had France fighting to maintain its colonial hold on the North African country, and Algeria fighting for independence. The chaotic scenes last week echoed a history of violence [between the French and the Algerian Muslims](http://time.com/3660002/france-muslim-africa-organized-religion/) who lived under Paris’s rule for more than a century. In the [words of Robert Fisk](http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/charlie-hebdo-paris-attack-brothers-campaign-of-terror-can-be-traced-back-to-algeria-in-1954-9969184.html), Middle East correspondent for _The Independent_, “the desperate and permanent crisis in Algerian-French relations” is “like the refusal of a divorced couple to accept an agreed narrative of their sorrow.” Though the Algerian War took place in the middle of the 20th century, its foundation was laid by the 19th century French invasion of Algeria, which was followed by efforts to convert the Muslim population to Christianity. French rule fomented a growing resentment among Algerians that in the 1950s would escalate to revolt. Though exact death tolls don’t exist, there are estimates that hundreds of thousands to more than a million Algerian Muslims died in the war, with tens of thousands of French military and civilians perishing in the conflict. The peace that followed the ceasefire in 1962 was, as Fisk puts it, “a cold peace in which Algeria’s residual anger, in France as well as in the homeland, settled into long-standing resentment.” Many of the hundreds of thousands of people of Algerian descent living in France today are poor and feel the [specter of discrimination](http://time.com/3659241/paris-terror-attack-muslim-islam/) in government policies like the 2010 ban on face coverings. In March 1962, LIFE photographer Paul Schutzer was on the scene in Algiers as the Algerian War came to an end with a tenuous ceasefire and a path to Algerian self-determination. Part of that city witnessed jubilant celebration—a truce had finally been reached between French President Charles de Gaulle and the Muslim-led National Liberation Front. But in other corners of town, a gruesome massacre was underway, as a group of French army officers called the Organisation de l’armée secrète (O.A.S.) in favor of French rule in Algeria killed innocent Muslims in a last-ditch effort—a mutiny of sorts—to thwart independence. LIFE [explained](http://books.google.com/books?id=21QEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=twopage&q=algeria&f=false) the motivations of the O.A.S.: --- > “” --- The photographs above capture both the celebration and the bloodshed that coincided on the streets of Algiers as one historical chapter ended and another began. And the paradox Schutzer captured on that day — the intersection of violence and peace and a new and complicated independence—reverberates even today. Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at [@LizabethRonk](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk).  Caption from LIFE. Commonplace death. Stepping over body of slain Moslem, an Algiers woman goes her unconcerned way. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images   Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Wounded Moslems in Algerian hospital. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Not published in LIFE. Algiers, March 1962. Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Silence in a street. In the cathedral-like quiet of Algiers curfew a French soldier keeps his vigil for peace. Algiers, March 1962. 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