Christian woman defends Muslim family bullied for their faith in public

A 23-yr-old woman, Stacey Eden, stood up for a Muslim woman and her partner after witnessing a middle-aged woman 'bullying' the Sydney commuter on an Airport Line train around 1:40pm on Wednesday afternoon.

Reports say the police are now urging witnesses of a middle-aged woman's offensive public transport tirade at a Muslim woman to come forward after Daily Mail Australia published video of the incident.

It was gathered that a police spokeswoman contacted Daily Mail Australia on Thursday to say they would 'definitely encourage' witnesses of the incident to come forward.

In her recording of the incident, Ms Eden is heard fuming: 'She wears it (her hijab) for herself, OK!'

'She wears it because she wants to be modest with her body, not because of people like you who are going to sit there and disrespect her.'

Ms Eden said she became really upset after the woman allegedly branded 'all Muslims ISIS supporters' and insulted the woman's husband and headscarf.

Ms Eden was not having a bar of it. 'That is not her doing it. That is a minority of people. Not a majority of people OK?

'It doesn't matter what they're doing... Have some respect, have some respect,' she said, as the woman continued on her tirade.

'It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. What's that got to do with this poor lady? What's that got to do with her?'

'Nothing,' the ranter replied.

'Exactly!' Ms Eden fired back.

'You're the one who started the argument!' the woman said.

Ms Eden then instructed the woman to be silent. 'No, you're the one sitting there saying things under your breath, shut your mouth, simple.

'You shut your mouth,' the woman replied.

'No, you shut your mouth. You've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything, simple.'

Ms Eden recorded a short snippet of the incident - not the whole alleged tirade - on her phone, ending with the passenger telling her to 'breathe'.

She told Daily Mail Australia the Muslim couple and the angry woman alighted the train at Sydney International Airport.

'I missed my stop because I wanted to stay on and make sure they were OK,' said Ms Eden, who was on her way home to Mascot.

Ms Eden said the woman was saying 'horrible and hurtful things'.

'She told me if I was in their country I would have been stoned to death because I was wearing a dress.

'She was saying a lot of things I just got to the point where I had heard enough.'

The Muslim couple were 'very grateful' for her stand, she said.

Police and Sydney Trains have not yet received any reports of the incident.

The Islamophobia Register Australia group issued a statement praising Ms Eden's actions shortly after Daily Mail Australia's report.

'We are heartened by Stacey's actions - she is a reflection of 'Team Humanity' and we hope that her actions inspire others to stand up against racial or religious vilification,' it said.

The group said they were disappointed by the remarks of the woman in the video.

'The sentiments expressed by the woman however sadly form part of the broader false and deeply damaging narrative whereby the criminal actions of groups like Daesh [Islamic State] are extrapolated to all 1.5+ billion Muslims'.