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A young Muslim woman has claimed she was spat at and called a terrorist in a shocking racist rant on a London bus.

Iqra Mohamed, 20, said she was subjected to Islamophobic abuse by a “crazed” man while wearing a hijab on the 43 bus in Islington.

The student, from Finsbury Park, alleged that she was left fearing for her safety as other passengers looked on without stepping in to stop the abuse.

It was not until her friend boarded the bus at a later stop and confronted the man that the ordeal was put to a stop, Ms Mohamed said.

She told how she was left fearing the man would physically assault her as he allegedly launched a tirade of abuse at her at about 5.30pm on Sunday.

Revealing the alleged incident on Twitter, she wrote: "A white man spat at me in a buss [sic] of people and kept on cussing me out cause of my Hijaab while people smiled a laughed along."

A White man spat at me in a buss of people and kept on cussing me out cause of my Hijaab while people smiled a laughed along. — Iqra (@EastAfricanMade) December 20, 2015

She told the Standard: "I was with a friend when we heard a man chuntering away at the back of the bus.

“When my friend got off I got up to go with her and the voice became louder.

“I knew he was talking about me when I turned around and he said 'she’s got the cheek to look at me'".

“My friend said good to luck to me and when she left I moved further up the bus. I stayed on because I was meeting another friend.

“He moved seats and then called me a racist and a terrorist.

“He started to go crazy. He said people like me were coming into this country and taking all the jobs.”

Ms Mohamed said the abuse lasted for several stops in front of passengers.

She described the man as having long hair and slurred speech.

She added: “I do think it’s sad no one spoke up for me. The bus was full at one point and you could tell no one wanted anything to deal with him.

“A couple of young black boys ran upstairs crying when it was happening.

“It was only when my friend Fatima confronted him that he went quiet. She isn’t easily intimidated.

“I didn’t think I would leave that bus alive.”

Ms Mohamed said she is waiting to hear back from police after making a complaint to the British Transport Police (BTP).

A BTP spokesman said the incident had been logged but that it would down to the Met to investigate.

Steve Burton, TfL’s director of enforcement and on-street operations, said: "We do not tolerate racist behaviour of any kind on our bus network and we will work with the police to investigate this incident. Crime on London’s transport network has fallen for the last nine years to an all-time low and we continue to work hard to ensure that all of our customers are able to travel with confidence."