The wife of a terrorist recruiter has been convicted of disrespectful behaviour after refusing to stand for a judge in a Sydney court.

Moutia Elzahed, the wife of jailed Islamic State extremist Hamdi Alqudsi, was the first person in NSW to face the charge after she refused to rise for a judge in 2016 purportedly on religious grounds.

The 50-year-old Muslim woman was found guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court of nine counts of disrespectful behaviour in court.

Elzahed again did not stand but folded her arms when magistrate Carolyn Huntsman left the bench after delivering her ruling on Friday.

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Moutia Elzahad (pictured) the wife of convicted terrorist recruiter Hamdi Alqudsi, was found guilty on Friday of contempt of court for refusing to stand for a judge in late 2016

Ms Elzahad (pictured), who arrived in court dressed in a full black veil and surrounded by supporters, is the first person to be convicted of contempt of court in NSW on religious grounds

The magistrate had found Elzahed intentionally flouted the established court convention on nine separate occasions in 2016 when she remained seated in front of District Court Judge Audrey Balla.

Elzahed said she only stood for Allah, but Ms Huntsman on Friday ruled there was no evidence she was acting on a genuine religious belief or that the teachings of Islam compelled such behaviour.

In 2016, Elzahed had been trying to sue the state and federal governments over claims of police violence during a raid on her Sydney home two years earlier. She was ultimately unsuccessful.

CCTV footage previously played in court showed Elzahed failed to rise nine times in November and December 2016 with each offence carrying a maximum jail term of 14 days and/or a $1,100 fine.

Ms Elzahed (pictured) reportedly told the court she only stood for Allah

The defence had originally cast doubt over whether Elzahed was the woman under the black niqab but her lawyer later conceded her identity would no longer be contested.

Defence barrister David Hume instead argued his client should be acquitted because there was no evidence Elzahed was under a legal duty to stand.

Elzahed, who lost her civil action and was ordered to pay $250,000 in police legal costs, earlier this week appealed the trial judge's ruling that she could not give evidence while wearing a niqab.