Muslim Romani people

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Muslim Romani people are Romani people who profess Islam. They primarily live in the Balkans, though they are dispersed across Europe. Significant minority communities can be found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia. They are also notably present in Crimea, Croatia (where 45% of the country's Romani population is Muslim), Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. Xoroxane is a term used to refer to Muslim or Turkified Romani people. Generally, Islam among Romani people is historically associated with their time spent within the Ottoman Empire, and, to a lesser degree, the Sultanate of Rum. The majority of Muslim Romanies in the former Yugoslavia speak Balkan Romani and South Slavic languages, while many speak only the language from the host country's like the Albanized Muslim Roma in Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia, known as Khorakhan Shiptari. They speak only the Albanian language and have fully adopted the Albanian culture. In Šuto...

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