However, men are forced to back down after she refuses to budge

They even tell shopkeeper not to serve her as she tries to buy jewellery

A woman in Saudi Arabia being harassed by the country's strict religious police for wearing makeup to the mall turned the table on the officers in a YouTube video.

The woman, who identifies herself as Fatma Ibrahim Hussein, was shopping in the Nakheel Mall in Saudi's capital Ridhya with her husband when the incident took place.

In footage shot on a mobile phone, Mrs Hussein filmed herself being followed by six muttawa officers after they accused her of dressing 'provocatively' in public.

A woman who identifies herself as Fatma Ibrahim Hussein has filmed the moment Saudi religious police tried to force her to leave a mall in the capital Ridhya for wearing eye makeup

The film shows her walking into a jewellery store with the men close on her heels, before they tell the shopkeeper not to serve her.

However, refusing to allow the men to bully her, the woman approaches them and asks them to identify themselves, which they refuse to do.

After she walks away from them, the guards follow the woman into a jewellery shop before telling the assistant not to serve her

She then asks the shop assistant to see an item from behind the counter, but he also refuses, saying the police won't let him.

Frustrated, the woman then turns to the men before saying: 'My name is Fatma Ibrahim Hussein. Tell me what your name is if you're a real man!'

An argument then breaks out with the muttawa, who say she must leave the mall for wearing eye makeup, saying it contravenes the Islamic country's strict religious laws.

But despite the muttawa's insistence, they are eventually forced to back down after Mrs Hussein refuses to budge.

She has now said she plans to launch a complaint against the Saudi Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, who set the rules the muttawa enforce.

Saudi Arabia enforces a strict version of Sharia Law via the muttawa, banning the drinking of alcohol and strictly controlling what people - especially women - can do in public.

In some places women are obliged to wear a niqab, or full face veil, while outside and cannot leave the house unless accompanied by a man.

The latest incident is not the first time the muttawa have been pictured harassing a woman inside a shopping centre.

Two months ago, another mobile phone user captured the moment a woman was thrown out of the Barzan Mall in the northwestern city of Hail for not covering her hands.

The 30-second video shows the woman wearing the traditional Saudi black abaya cloak, with only her bare hands showing, as she prepares to enter the mall.

Muttawa officers are present across Saudi Arabia to enforce the Islamic nation's strict interpretation of Sharia law which means women also cannot leave the house unless accompanied by a man

Seconds later she is stopped by the bearded police officer, who shouts at her and demands she cover her exposed hands.

'Walk away... don't say a word... Put on some gloves,' he demands, as he refuses to let the woman enter a shop.

According to another report in Arabic newspaper Al Hayat, a female student was also kicked off a bus two weeks ago for unveiling her face.

The university pupil was sitting behind tinted glass on the bus with her friends when she decided to remove her niqab, the paper reports.

Despite their insistence that she must leave, the police are eventually forced to back down (right) after she refuses to move, and Mrs Hussein says she now plans to make a complaint

However, a male supervisor took exception, telling her it was against the college's rules to remove the veil, before demanding the girl reveal her identity.

When she refuses, he orders the driver to turn off the air conditioning until someone tells him the girl's name.