News, Christian radio station on air in Iraq. (church, minority, Bible)

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BASRA, Iraq, April 7 (UPI) -- The first Christian radio station broadcasting hymns and Bible readings went on the air in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, city officials said.

The minority Christian community in Iraq has faced violent suppression in the past, with much of the population displaced by violence, mostly in the north.

Christian radio station on air in Iraq - UPI.com

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Originally Posted by John1960

BASRA, Iraq, April 7 (UPI) -- The first Christian radio station broadcasting hymns and Bible readings went on the air in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, city officials said.

The minority Christian community in Iraq has faced violent suppression in the past, with much of the population displaced by violence, mostly in the north.

Christian radio station on air in Iraq - UPI.com

The radio station is operated by an evangelical church, and Iraq's Christians are Roman Catholics and some Orthodox. The station is probably for the purposes of proselytizing rather than serving the Iraqs traditional Christian communities.