'You should be in prison': The moment angry commuter tells woman she should be arrested for putting her feet on a train seat because it means Muslims couldn't sit there afterwards 

  • Ruby Butler, 27, was sitting with her feet on a chair when she was told she should be arrested for her actions
  • Ms Butler posted footage on Facebook claiming she was 'abused' on train
  • Argument quickly escalated into a heated religious debate
  • Video has already received more than 500,000 views on social media 

By Poppy Danby For Mailonline

Published: 18:38 EST, 11 September 2015 | Updated: 02:54 EST, 12 September 2015

One man got more than he bargained for when he told a woman that she should not rest her feet on an underground train seat.

Footage of the heated argument has taken social media by storm and has received more than 500,000 views, since Ruby Butler, 27, posted it on Facebook earlier this week.

Ms Butler, who was at the centre of the dispute, captioned the video: 'So on my way home today on the train I got abused…for having my feet on the chair.'

Angry commuter: The elderly Muslim man told Ruby Butler, 27, that she should not put her feet on train seats

Angry commuter: The elderly Muslim man told Ruby Butler, 27, that she should not put her feet on train seats

The film shows the debate began after a Muslim man approached Ms Butler and said: 'I cannot sit there. I cannot pray with my clothes on, OK? And I travel every day.’

Despite the efforts of a young man to calm the situation down, the argument continued to escalate, with the agitated man telling the woman that she should 'be in prison.'

However, the mother of two from Surrey was not the only person to fight back against the elderly Muslim man.

The men squared up to each other after the younger passenger (right) questioned the Muslim man's nationality

The men squared up to each other after the younger passenger (right) questioned the Muslim man's nationality

Threats: The angry man got out his phone to call the police in an attempt to get the woman arrested
As he dialed the police, the elderly gentleman said: ''I'm not frightened of any of you. I'll get the police.'

Threats: The angry man got out his phone and dialed the police in an attempt to get the woman arrested

Another male passenger is heard to say: 'This is England bruv.'

The elderly man responded sharply, as he stated: 'Don't argue with me. I know this is England, I was born here, Okay?

'I have as much right as you have, OK.' 

The two men are then seen to square up to each other as the older gentleman says: 'What you going to do? You going to hit me? 

'I'm not frightened of any of you. I'll get the police.'

Ruby Butler, 27, (above) refused to move her feet and told the man: 'This is not a Muslim country'

Ruby Butler, 27, (above) refused to move her feet and told the man: 'This is not a Muslim country'

However, this was not the end of the religious dispute, as the woman continued: 'I pray with my shoes on. I am a Christian.'

As the man exited the train, she added: 'This is not a Muslim country.'

The British Transport Police are aware of the video. However, they say that they have not received any complaints over the incident.
 

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