Terrible Guy - you did exactly the right thing. It was insulting but a person who would make a scene that way in a public place is not all there mentally to begin with and is looking to be confrontative and they tend to want to make non-issues far bigger than they should be. By ignoring her, you stripped her of her power to make you react and it took more control and thought than doing what those who say you should have done something else said you should have done (whew).
It takes a far stronger man to control a situation than to react to a situation and you were perfect in your control.
I didn’t really feel insulted by it. I was confused for a couple of seconds, but not really insulted. The only other thing that people whom I told about the incident said that I should have done was laugh in her face while getting the speech.
Aside from that one woman, there hasn’t been any non muslim who i’ve heard complaining about my wife’s burqa. Alhamdulillah, everyone else who she has had to deal with has respected her decision to wear it and didn’t make a big deal about it.
I’ve heard more muslims complain about it than non muslims. I’ve never heard a woman who wears it complain about it, and there are quite a few in my extended family. Non muslims generally don’t seem to care from what I’ve seen.