This research report is a part of the Research Project that aims to analyze the education in the Muslim minority population in Thrace, Greece. Specically, the report brings into clear view the reasons why the necessity of the reform was undebatable. The Project for the Education of Muslim Children (P.E.M) was implemented in 1997 and it is a denitely educational project having as the principal goal the teaching of Greek as a second language, the development of the educational materials, the teacher training and the academic outcome. School is the best place for encountering the religious or ethnic \other", and it appears that Greek education is moving in this direction.