During the 1950s, French Protestants and Catholic movements like the Mission de France played a central role in Algeria in attempting to establish a dialogue with Algerian Muslims. As a consequence, the radicalization of Christian positions on Algerian independence led to increasingly hostile rhetoric within the Christian community and calls for violent reprisals, particularly from those who supported the continued presence of the French in Algeria. The French military accused a group of twelve Christians of undermining the security of the French state because of their supposed ties to Algerian “terrorists.” The accused had forged relationships with Algerian nationalists through religious and social service organizations founded to pursue inter-faith dialogue in the early 1950s. Several of the Christians were tortured and put on trial in a French military tribunal in Algiers in 1957. The trial became an international cause célèbre, highlighting the violence of Algerian decolonization and the powerful role Christianity played in both imperialism and decolonization.