This thesis provides insight into the reasons why the Muslim women of the minority in Thrace wear the veil. Drawing on the interviews, which were conducted in 2017, upon those women who wear the veil and live in Thrace, the results suggest that education plays a crucial role, influencing those women by shaping the reasons they opted for the veil. To begin with, both the interpretations of women concerning the Islamic garment, as well as the interesting bipolar schemes that emerged from their speech, are analyzed. These bipolar schemes move between choice and enforcement, knowledge and ignorance, religion and tradition. Furthermore, emphasis is given to the recent educational experience of the women of the minority and how this experience is intertwined with the new tendency to use the veil. In other words, I explore how this “new” veil is described as a “choice” and how it acquires different meanings from the one worn by the previous generations. Additionally, the gendered cultural codes are studied, along with their relationship with the female coverage. Last but not least, I observe that, by wearing the veil, the young, educated Muslim women, are placed at the other end of the scale, both to the western and the minority considerations, in an effort to renegotiate the elements of their identity. Thus the veil in this case, is perceived as, an “originality” and is transformed into a symbol of a new identity through a request for recognition.