Stereotype n°9: Religion

Many people think that Roma do not have a religion. This is not true. Roma usually adopt the religion of the majority population that they live among. There are Roma of Muslim faith as well as of all kind of Christian dominations: Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Evangelist etc.

Only among some traditional groups, formal religion is complemented by faith in the supernatural, in omens, and curses. These beliefs vary among different Roma groups and are influenced by the most common superstitions of the countries they live in