Veiled parents take part in a demonstration on May 18, 2013. File photo: AFPAFP · 6 Sep 2016, 07:58Published: 06 Sep 2016 07:58 GMT+02:00In another incident revealing how fraught intercommunal relations are on the French island of Corsica two Muslim mothers wearing headscarves were accosted and prevented from entering a nursery school by other parents. Two Muslim mothers wearing headscarves were accosted and prevented from entering a nursery school on the French island ofCorsica on Monday by two other parents, officials said. The incident happened as parents were dropping off their children at the start of the school day in Bonifacio, on the island's southern tip. While religious symbols are banned for pupils and teachers in French schools, there is no such constraint on parents.

Source: The Local September 06, 2016 06:22 UTC