The French government has pledged to toughen up its anti face-covering law following an incident where a veiled Muslim woman was ejected from a major opera house in Paris.
According to France 24, the cast at the Paris opera house brought their show to a halt when they saw a woman in her burka, and said they wouldn't perform if a solution wasn't found.
The woman. who’s a tourist from the Gulf states. had to leave the auditorium because wearing a veil covering the whole face is banned in France.
A spokesman for France's Ministry of Culture told the Daily Mail it was 'producing a new set of rules' to make sure the so-called 'burka ban' was better enforced in theatres, museums and other public institutions.
The incident happened during the performance of La Traviata at Opera Bastille in Paris on October 3 Jean-Philippe Thiellay, the opera house’s deputy director, told AFP.
Their seats were reportedly the most expensive in the opera, costing 231 euros ($R3,258) each.
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