Bahrain closes Indian restaurant for denying entry to woman in a hijab

Bahrain has reportedly closed an Indian restaurant in Manama after it allegedly refused entry to a lady sporting hijab. 

Lanterns Bahrain, a preferred eatery within the Adliya neighbourhood of the Bahraini capital, closed after the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority launched an investigation right into a viral video claiming workers had blocked a lady in a headband from coming into, in response to a report in The Each day Tribune.

On Friday, a video of a lady explaining that her pal had been turned away was extensively shared on social media. 

“The restaurant Lanterns is telling her you can not enter since you are sporting a hijab. Are you able to think about?” the girl stated. “The eating places shouldn’t be making these kinds of selections, as a result of we’re in a Muslim nation.” 

On Saturday, the restaurant posted a press release on Instagram addressing the incident. 

“Everyone seems to be welcome to Lanterns, which is the way it has been for greater than 35 years that now we have been serving all nationalities within the stunning kingdom of Bahrain,” it stated.

“Lanterns is a spot for everybody to return take pleasure in 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 characterize who we’re.” 

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It went on to say that clients have been welcome to dine on the restaurant on Tuesday freed from cost, as a goodwill gesture.

Center East Eye wrote to the restaurant for remark however did not obtain a reply earlier than publication.

A number of social media customers took the chance to hyperlink the incident with current bans on college students sporting hijabs in faculties within the Indian area of Karnataka. 

Nonetheless, a Twitter account which claims to belong to the girl who posted the preliminary viral video said that the workers member who sparked the incident was British, and never Indian. 

The tourism authority referred to as on all corporations to stick to laws and never implement insurance policies that violate Bahraini legal guidelines. 

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“We reject all actions that discriminate towards folks, particularly relating to their nationwide identification,” it stated, including that the restaurant had been closed down based mostly on a decree which regulates tourism retailers together with eating places and lodges.

The authority stated that it might now pursue authorized motion, and urged members of the general public to report any comparable occurrences.