The Muslim Gypsies in Romania

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After reading about Iran attacking a Romanian oil rig, I researched the Muslim population of Romania, just to see if there were any political motivations for Iran to attack Romania on its sovereign waters. I didn’t find too much except this interesting piece, The Muslim Gypsies in Romania by Ana Oprisan & George Grigore: The Islamic community of Romania is concentrated in the Dobrudja, a southeastern province of Romania lying between the Danube River and the Black Sea. The community comprises an ethnic mosaic of Turks, Tartars, Albanians and Gypsies.1 Muslim Gypsies identify themselves as ‘Horahane Rroma’ – Horahane meaning

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