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People group profile · PG000611

The Judeo-Iraqi Arabs of the United Kingdom

The Judeo-Iraqi Arabs of the United Kingdom, numbering about 6,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethno‑religious Jewish community from Iraq whose culture, history, and everyday life were deeply rooted in Arab Iraqi society for more than two millennia.

They are a diaspora people in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. Their primary religion is Judaism, and they primarily speak Judeo-Iraqi Arabic.

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Fast facts

Country
United Kingdom
Population
6,000
Affinity group
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
People cluster
Jews
Primary language
Judeo-Iraqi Arabic (yhd)
Primary religion
Judaism
Strategic Progress Index
Unengaged and Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Frontier Unreached People Group
Also known as
Iraqi Jews, Babylonian Jews
Region
Northern Europe, Europe

Where they live

Gospel status

The Judeo-Iraqi Arabs are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Judeo-Iraqi Arabs

  • Pray that God would send workers to this people group
  • Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
  • Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice

Primary religion

Judaism

100% adherents

Primary language

Judeo-Iraqi Arabic · Afro-Asiatic family

100% speak Judeo-Iraqi Arabic

Gospel resources in Judeo-Iraqi Arabic

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Judeo-Iraqi Arabs

  1. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  2. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  3. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  4. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

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Jew, Iraqi in other countries

The same people (ROP3 110925) is reported in 2 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
YahudicIsrael138,000Engaged yet Unreached
Iraqi JewsIraq5Unengaged and Unreached

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