Five women wearing the Islamic headscarf have been prevented from entering a nursery school in Bonifacio, Corsica by other parents,  BBC reported.

The parents who blocked the women said they were unhappy because their children were reprimanded if staff saw their Christian crosses.

According to French law, staff and pupils at French schools are banned from wearing religious symbols, parents are not.

In July about 30 towns and villages imposed bans on women wearing full-body swimsuits known as “burkinis” because of which confrontation between local population and emigrants broke out in August.