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France’s education minister has announced a ban on long robes in classrooms starting with the new school year, saying the garments worn mainly by Muslims are testing secularism in the nation’s schools PARIS -- France’s education minister announced Monday a ban on long robes in classrooms starting with the new school year, saying the garments worn mainly by Muslims are testing secularism in the nation’s schools. Critics say that abayas, worn by women, and khamis, the male garb, are no more than a fashion statement. They say the garments do not constitute an ostentatious sign of religion and should not be banned from classrooms under a 2004 law. For Gabriel Attal, the recently appointed Education chief, the garments are “an infringement on secularism,” a foundational principle for France, and, in some cases, a bid to destabilize schools. The 34-year-old Attal, appointed in July, was potentially moving into a minefield with his ban on long robes to “protect” secularism, prompted by growi...

Serbia’s education minister has submitted his resignation following two mass shootings, one of them at a primary school, left 17 people dead BELGRADE, Serbia -- Serbia's Education minister submitted his resign ation Sunday following two mass shootings , one of them at a primary school, left 17 people dead, while the European country's government urged citizens to turn in all unregistered weapons or run the risk of a prison sentence. Education Minister Branko Ruzic is the first Serbian official to resign over the shootings despite widespread calls for more senior officials to step down in the wake of the back-to-back bloodshed. Ruzic cited the “catastrophic tragedy that has engulfed our country” in explaining his decision. Soon after the attack at the school in belgrade, Serbia's capital on Wednesday, Ruzic was quick to blame “the cancerous, pernicious influence of the internet, video Game s, so-called Western values.” Such criticism is common in the Blakan nation, where...