“It is outrageous and appalling of Nike to allow the name of God on a shoe. This is disrespectful and extremely offensive to Muslims and insulting to Islam. Islam teaches compassion, kindness and fairness towards all.”
No, it doesn’t. It teaches the inferiority of women and non-Muslims, and mandates warfare against unbelievers.
But what is the point of all this ridiculous outrage over a shoe? Do any Muslims seriously believe that Nike meant to put the name of Allah on the bottom of a shoe? The way Allah is written in Arabic letters, you can start seeing it anywhere if you want to. What is really going on here is revealed when the story below recounts the last time Muslims did this to Nike, in 1997: “Nike promised to “tighten scrutiny of logo design” and committed to upgrading sporting facilities at an American Islamic elementary school.”
Ah, so it’s about shaking down Nike for more free stuff. And reinforcing the principle that everyone, no matter how rich and powerful, must kowtow to Muslim demands when Muslims are enraged.
An update on this story. “Pressure Mounts On Sports Giant Nike To Recall ‘Blasphemous’ Sneaker,” by Simone Amelia Jordan, 10 Daily, February 1, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Almost 30,000 people have signed a petition for the sportswear giant to pull the Air Max 270 due to ‘offensive’ text bearing a resemblance to the word ‘Allah’ written in Arabic.
It started with one dissenting voice two weeks ago, and now a petition addressed to Nike and its CEO Mark Parker, has more 27,000 signatures.
When starting the movement, Saiqa Noreen argued that when viewed upside down, the brand logo on the shoe’s sole appeared to look like ‘Allah’ in Arabic script.
“It is outrageous and appalling of Nike to allow the name of God on a shoe,” Noreen wrote in the Change.org petition.
“This is disrespectful and extremely offensive to Muslims and insulting to Islam. Islam teaches compassion, kindness and fairness towards all.”
More 20 years ago, Nike — a brand with a track record in social activism — agreed to stop selling a new line of basketball shoes for the same reason.
In 1997 Nike apologised for “any unintentional offense” caused by the word ‘Air’ being written in flames on the sneaker, which critics said looked like ‘Allah’ in Arabic.
The incident saw 38,000 pairs of the ‘Summer Hoops’ model called back, in addition to thousands more in retailer returns.
Nike promised to “tighten scrutiny of logo design” and committed to upgrading sporting facilities at an American Islamic elementary school.
“Through this process, our understanding of Islamic concerns has been deepened and we apologise for any unintentional offense to the Islamic community and we are glad we have been able to resolve our differences,” Nike spokesman Roy Agostino said at the time.
Noreen’s petition recalled the brand’s earlier incident, asking why “a similar design has been approved”.
“We urge Nike to recall this blasphemous and offensive shoe,” she wrote.
It is unlikely Nike’s senior design and management team knowingly created an offensive product, according to retail marketing expert Danny Lattouf….