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The Levantine Arabs of United Kingdom

The Levantine Arabs of United Kingdom, numbering approximately 512,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Arab community of Syrian and Lebanese descent, often grouped together due to shared historical, linguistic, and cultural ties. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Standard Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Middle Eastern Arab

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: United Kingdom
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Standard Arabic (arb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 512,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000662

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Pray for the Levantine Arabs of United Kingdom

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Arabic:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film
The SaviorView Film

6 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Standard Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Easy to Read Version✓✓
Good News Version✓
Sharif (Iraqi) Version✓✓✓
Sharif Version✓✓✓
Standard Arabic (Gulf)✓
Van Dyke Version - multi voice✓✓✓
Van Dyke Version - single voice✓✓✓

7 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Standard Arabic bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Levantine Arabs are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Levantine Arabs:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Levantine Arabs of United Kingdom

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
readMatthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Arab, Levantine Across Countries (ROP3 - 109667) reported in the following countries:

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16 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Levantine ArabsPG016310Levantine ArabsDominica50Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG016213Levantine ArabsBritish Virgin Islands60Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG016402Levantine ArabsCuracao325Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG013421Levantine ArabsGuinea1,300Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicFolk Islam
Levantine ArabsPG017480Levantine ArabsEcuador3,200Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG016381Levantine ArabsHaiti5,700Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG013440Levantine ArabsGuinea-Bissau11,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicFolk Islam
Levantine ArabsPG000489Levantine ArabsPortugal23,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG013104Levantine ArabsCote d’Ivoire67,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Middle Eastern ArabsPG042458Middle Eastern ArabsGermany104,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG020267Levantine ArabsAustralia196,000No Longer UnreachedGulf ArabicRoman Catholicism
Levantine ArabsPG011511Levantine ArabsEgypt218,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG012216Levantine ArabsTunisia251,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG000573Levantine ArabsSweden406,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG000662Levantine ArabsUnited Kingdom512,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
Levantine ArabsPG024574Levantine ArabsTurkiye1,460,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicFolk Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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