The top education official in Bosnia-Herzegovina's Sarajevo Canton is driven out of the country by fierce criticism from Muslim clerics and threats against his life over a decision to exclude elective religion classes from students' final grade averages.
One of Bosnia's most prominent writers is in a bitter dispute with Iranian diplomats who say his latest book is an attack on Islam. Bosnian intellectuals and writers' groups have rushed to Zeljko Ivankovic's defense, but Bosnian officials remain on the sidelines.
