Women Rip off Muslimah Hijab in London

"They pulled my headscarf off and started punching and kicking me,” the mother, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Standard on Saturday, June 6.

"One was dragging my head down while the others were hitting me.

"They were being so racist and using derogatory terms."

Problems started when the mother went to collect her children from school when she met three women who attacked by three women to started "shouting and hurling abuse" because of her hijab in Derby Road, Croydon, close to the private Islamic primary school Al-Khair in south London.

They allegedly asked if she was hot in the headscarf, before tearing it off and punching her.

The attack left her with whiplash and chunks of hair missing, but with no significant physical harm.

The woman said the attack stopped only after another parent jumped in according to police officers who were called to the scene at about 3pm.

Two women, aged 18 and 35, were arrested on suspicion of assault and a racially aggravated public order offence.

"We take any offence seriously. We have made two arrests in connection with our ongoing investigation," a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.

Britain is home to a sizable Muslim minority of nearly 2 million.

Hundreds of anti-Muslim hate offences have been carried out across UK in 2013, with Britain's Metropolitan police recording an increase of 49% than 2012.