Racist rant on Sydney train caught on video as passenger defends Muslim woman

Video footage of a young Sydney woman defending a Muslim woman against a racist tirade on the train has gone viral on Facebook.

Stacey Eden intervened on a Sydney train when a Muslim woman was verbally abused. (Facebook)

After a middle-aged female passenger launched into the offensive rant, insulting the woman's headscarf and branding all Muslims "ISIS supporters" who "marry off six-year olds", 23-year-old Stacey Eden decided enough was enough.

"She wears it (her headscarf) because she wants to be modest with her body, not because of people like you who are going to sit there and disrespect her," Eden is heard saying in the video.

"That is a minority of people. Not a majority… Have some respect."

The video has had more than 500,000 views.

So i sat there for a good 10 minutes before i started recording this, while i listened to this woman bad mouth muslims... Posted by Stacey Eden on Wednesday, 15 April 2015

In a statement released today, the Islamophobia Register Australia group said they were disappointed but not surprised by the woman's remarks, but praised Eden's actions, calling her part of "Team Humanity".