| DUESSELDORF: A Muslim girl in Germany, who was briefly suspended from classes for wearing a burqa, has decided not to return to her school in the western city of Bonn, authorities said on Tuesday. "The Muslim pupil, who has come of age (18), has applied to be freed from compulsory school attendance for the time she has left," the local council said in a statement. The girl was suspended from the school for two weeks in April with one of her classmates after authorities said their decision to wear the all-enveloping garment was creating too much distraction in the classroom. The second girl will no longer wear her burqa but is considering changing school, her lawyer said. The suspensions attracted considerable media attention in Germany as politicians grapple with how to integrate the country's sizeable Muslim population. It also sparked calls for the introduction of a national school uniform. |