A 35-year-old woman has been charged following an Islamophobic tirade on campus at Macquarie University in Sydney's north-west.
The husband of the woman who was the target of the abuse took to Facebook to express his sadness over the "overarching" issue.
"Yesterday, a special occasion for my wife and I, with her completing her final exam in her medical science degree. We were super excited to make our way out of the university to go celebrate," Ramzy Alamudi wrote.
"As we were quietly minding our own business, my wife sharing how she aced her exam, there was a lady staring at us … from a distance.
"As we entered the car, my wife (who wears an Islamic veil - niqab) decides to smile politely and wave innocently at the lady assuming everything was good ... The lady flips it and sticks her middle finger right at us! Me, being completely dumbfounded [asked], “Ah, Is everything ok?!”
"At this point, she blows up in a rage ... starts pointing at my wife and screaming “F*** you! Take it off!” (referring to my wife’s veil). She then runs towards our car and I urge my wife to lock her door and start recording if anything happens," he said.
The video, filmed by Mr Alamudi's wife, begins from this point and a woman can be seen aggressively banging on the window of Mr Alamudi's car and pointing her finger at the pair.
"Who are you? Who are you? Get out," she can be heard yelling.
The woman then moved around to the passenger seat of the car where Ms Alamudi continued to film and attempted to open the car door before pulling up the window screen wipers.
Mr Alamudi then exited the vehicle to fend off the woman, who had again rounded on his wife, screaming, "Who are you? Why you got a mask? Terrorist. You got a gun?"
Bystander Emily Guff, a student at the university, also filmed the incident and uploaded it to Facebook, telling SBS, "I wanted to share what I was witnessing with friends, family and others who also may never have been face-to-face with racism before.
"I think we need to raise awareness and show that this isn’t a distant problem with no effect on our community," Ms Guff said.
Mr Alamudi's initial video has been viewed more than 1.6 million times on Facebook with a number of comments rallying behind the couple.
"The real problem here is that why is she assuming a woman wearing a hijab is a terrorist ... I wonder where that belief came from," wrote Jorge Garcia Gonzales.
After Macquarie University security intervened, police from Ryde Local Area Command charged a woman with damaging property and common assault.
Macquarie University confirmed in a statement that a full review of the incident would be undertaken.
"On notification of the incident our trained security team attended the scene to assist and then immediately notified local police who were on site shortly thereafter. The matter is now under full investigation with the police," the statement read.
"Macquarie University takes matters of this nature incredibly seriously. We are very proud of our diverse community and are committed to religious acceptance and the free of expression of faith."
A woman has been issued with a notice to appear at Burwood Local Court in March.
