Bahrain shuts Indian restaurant that allegedly denied entry to woman wearing veil

An Indian restaurant in Bahrain was shut down by authorities allegedly after it denied entry to a lady sporting a veil, in accordance with media experiences.

An Indian responsibility supervisor within the restaurant Lantern in Bahrain’s Adliya space allegedly denied entry to a lady in veil, resulting in the institution posting an apology on social media.

The responsibility supervisor has been suspended, in accordance with Gulf Information.

The Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority has additionally launched a probe and requested all retailers to keep away from any coverage that discriminates in opposition to individuals, the Day by day Tribune Information of Bahrain reported. “We reject all actions that discriminate in opposition to individuals, particularly relating to their nationwide identification,” authorities mentioned.

It added that the step to shut the restaurant was taken in accordance with Decree Regulation Quantity 15 of 1986, which offers with “tourism-related institutions”.

In the meantime, the restaurant posted an apology on social media expressing remorse for the “mistake”.

“Everyone seems to be welcome to Lanterns as the way it has been for greater than 35 years that now we have been serving all nationalities within the lovely kingdom of Bahrain. Lanterns is a spot for everybody to return get pleasure from with their households and really feel at residence. On this occasion, a mistake has been made by a supervisor who’s now being suspended as this doesn’t symbolize who we’re,” the restaurant mentioned in a press release on Instagram.

“As a goodwill gesture, we welcome all our Bahraini patrons to Lanterns on Tuesday twenty ninth of March to have complimentary meals on us,” the assertion mentioned.

The incident comes at a time when an Indian courtroom upheld a ban on the hijab inside instructional establishments, sustaining that the garment just isn’t important to the observe of Islam. The choice was in context of a gaggle of younger Muslim ladies campaigning for his or her proper to put on the hijab within the classroom, resulting in a protracted and bitter standoff between them and the federal government of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.