
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Twenty-five years ago, almost one and a half million Christians lived in Iraq. Now there are around a quarter of a million, and after years of war and communal violence many of them have been displaced from their ancestral homes. Can anything be done to reverse this trend toward extinction? Stephen Sackur speaks to Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil, home to the largest remaining Christian community. In a country and a region where Christianity has deep
By BBC World Service4.4
326326 ratings
Twenty-five years ago, almost one and a half million Christians lived in Iraq. Now there are around a quarter of a million, and after years of war and communal violence many of them have been displaced from their ancestral homes. Can anything be done to reverse this trend toward extinction? Stephen Sackur speaks to Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil, home to the largest remaining Christian community. In a country and a region where Christianity has deep

7,710 Listeners

368 Listeners

533 Listeners

1,046 Listeners

1,028 Listeners

289 Listeners

5,428 Listeners

1,806 Listeners

949 Listeners

586 Listeners

1,807 Listeners

1,073 Listeners

1,932 Listeners

767 Listeners

192 Listeners

735 Listeners

54 Listeners

841 Listeners

3,185 Listeners

1,624 Listeners

287 Listeners

26 Listeners