A commuter has been praised after she stood up to a woman verbally abusing a Muslim family sat opposite her on public transport.

Stacey Eden, 23, described hearing the middle-aged woman bad mouthing Muslims and calling a woman sitting opposite her an Isis supporter because she was wearing a hijab.

Posting a short video of the incident on Facebook, she wrote: ‘People who are so ignorant and disrespectful to other people who were clearly sitting there minding their own business.

Wow! Just wow! (Picture: Stacey Eden)

The couple sat quietly throughout the tirade (Picture: Stacey Eden)

‘She was saying some pretty horrible and hurtful things before I spoke up then as soon as I started defending them she stopped.’




The passenger mentioned various Islamic State atrocities, but Stacey asked her what the Muslim family had to do with them. The woman answered ‘nothing’.

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Stacey then told the woman to shut her mouth adding ‘you’ve got nothing nice to say, don’t say anything, simple’.

The incident happened as the couple got on a train at Sydney International Airport.

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The woman mid-rant (Picture: Stacey Eden)

Stacey Eden stood up for the family (Picture: Stacey Eden)