The Monks of Tibhirine
Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9354920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Armand Veilleux (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 280-281 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Spiritus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1533-1709 • E-ISSN: 1535-3117 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/scs.2003.0044 |
| OpenAlex | W2018229733 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In March 1996 seven Trappist monks were abducted from their monastery in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria. Two months later they were executed by their captors. During those two months people became aware of what a special community they [End Page 280] were—people throughout the whole world, but especially in France, since they were all French by nationality (although some of them had spent the great majority of their lives in Algeria). For decades, before, during and after the Algerian war of independence of the 1960's, those monks had established deep bonds of friendship with the local Muslim population; and their prior, Father Christian de Chergé, had become one of the leading figures in the dialogue between Muslims and Christians. Their death was a great source of sorrow for the local Muslim population and was condemned by several representatives of the Muslim world as well as by Christians
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| Citations per year | 0.23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |