Bringing together the actual challenges of Muslim minorities in Europe and reality appropriation of cultures that are considered remote in terms of time and geography is an important challenge. Linking the study of Muslim world with minority world is a new way of approaching the issue of cultural and educational appropriation. This study aims to analyze the dynamics of the educational system of the Muslim minority in Romania. This research attempts to focus on Muslim minority social issues rather than on historical and political environment, but they cannot be separated.  This research is based on face-to-face interviews conducted in February, July and August 2016, in order to identify the influence of indicators as – social, educational and political environment, to underline educational issues, and how they influenced community’s day-to-day life.

 The body of the paper is based on documents, which are part of the heritage of the Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi (The Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office), content analysis of documents with the National Archives of Romania, Bucharest and National Archives of Romania, Constanţa County District DJCAN and Constanta County Library “Ioan N. Roman”.  A special place in this paper is dedicated to the ethnic minority of Crimean Tatars and some of their social and educational challenges. Also, I identified the European Charter for Regional or Minority languages and its educational policies.  Finally, my paper shows the community challenges in keeping its cultural identity and emphasizes Muslim minority’s strugle to protect its traditions and popular culture.