A university student was left feeling humiliated and on the cusp of tears after she was asked to remove her hijab to gain entry into a popular Sydney hot spot on Friday night.

Soaliha Iqbal, 21, said she was waiting with her friends to enter Paragon Hotel at Circular Quay when a bouncer didnt look at her ID, and instead pointed at her hijab and requested she take it off.

His threatening demeanour kicked me back into reality, my face burned with humiliation and rage. Seething, and on the cusp of tears, I could only respond with a shaky Are you serious? This is my hijab, Iqbal wrote on website, 5Why.