The Doms of Iraq

The Doms of Iraq, numbering approximately 45,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a historically itinerant, endogamous community found across Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iraq, Syria, and parts of South Asia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Domari is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Ghorbati Gypsy

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Iraq
People Cluster: Domari
Primary Language(s): Domari (rmt)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 45,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011710
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

100%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Domari
Language Family: Indo-European

63%
%
Domari Speakers

Media Resources in Domari:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Domari:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Domari bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Doms:
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Pray specifically for the Doms of Iraq

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
readJames 4:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will turn from worldly passions and live in unity with one another.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

Dom Across Countries (ROP3 - 102682) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DomsDomsEgypt466,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsIraq45,500Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsIsrael15,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsLibya44,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsSyria43,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsAfghanistan14,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsTurkiye38,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam
DomsDomsIran112,000Unengaged and UnreachedIranian PersianSunni Islam
DomsDomsJordan12,000Unengaged and UnreachedDomariSunni Islam

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