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    ‘INSULTING TO ISLAM’ Thousands of Muslims demand Nike recall ‘offensive’ Air Max trainer with ‘Allah written on the sole’

    wow...



    NIKE has been urged to recall “offensive” Air Max trainers because they have “Allah’s name in Arabic” on the sole.

    Saiqa Noreen was appalled when she spotted text on the bottom of the shoe and accused the sports brand of “blasphemy”.

    The illustrative wording appears to spell out the words Air Max in a joined up font.

    However, Saiqa is not convinced and at the very least believes Nike have made a clumsy error - offending millions of Muslims in the process.

    In Muslim culture showing the sole of your shoe is seen as the height of disrespect.

    The shoe is considered dirty because it touches the ground and is associated with the foot – the lowest party of your body.

    Saiqa launched a petition for Nike to recall their train with more than 4,800 signing it.

    She fumes: “Nike has produced the Nike Air Max 270 shoe with the script logo on the sole resembling the word Allah in Arabic, which will surely be trampled, kicked and become soiled with mud or even filth.

    “It is outrageous and appalling of Nike to allow the name of God on a shoe.

    “This is disrespectful and extremely offensive to Muslim’s and insulting to Islam. Islam teaches compassion, kindness and fairness towards all.

    “After recalling trainers in 1997, which had a similar logo depicting the word Allah, Nike claimed to have tighten scrutiny on logo design. So why has a similar design been approved?

    “We urge Nike to recall this blasphemous and offensive shoe and all products with the design logo resembling the word Allah from worldwide sales immediately.”

    A Nike spokesman said: "Nike respects all religions and we take concerns of this nature seriously.

    "The Air Max logo was designed to be a stylised representation of Nike’s Air Max trademark. It is intended to reflect the Air Max brand only.

    "Any other perceived meaning or representation is unintentional."
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

  • #2
    Wait until they discover Ballahack Airsoft Field in Virginia where folks can shoot opponents with spherical plastic projectiles thereby equating Islam with violence -- which as we know is 100% untrue and offensive to the peace-loving religion.

    And what about people who's last name is Callahan and any businesses containing the family name? Obviously intended to mock Islam. Especially since the Clint Eastwood character "Dirty Harry" who's last name was Callahan. Again, a blatant attempt to link Islam with violence.


    This seems to be a form of pareidolia similar but different from people who see Jesus in a stain.
    Last edited by rogue06; 01-30-2019, 08:44 AM.

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    • #3
      Well at least Muslims are willing to speak out to defend their religion, unlike many milk toast Christians...
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      • #4
        Originally posted by seer View Post
        Well at least Muslims are willing to speak out to defend their religion, unlike many milk toast Christians...
        Of course if a Christian spoke out about something like this, they would be dismissed as a kook, and I wouldn't necessarily disagree. This complaint, however, even as silly as it is, is likely to be taken with the utmost seriousness, and I fully expect Nike to eat the cost of a recall while they beg forgiveness from their Muslim customers.
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        But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
        Than a fool in the eyes of God


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        • #5
          ...Who is this nut? Is it not also offensive to pretend that the stylized markings(all those tiny ones) in script languages like Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, etc, are meaningless? Cause... they're not. You can't just remove them and claim that's still the same word. I don't see 'Air Max' either, though. I tried for a good ten minutes and all I see is an X and an M. This angers and offends me!

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          • #6
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            • #7
              Originally posted by LeaC View Post
              ...Who is this nut? Is it not also offensive to pretend that the stylized markings(all those tiny ones) in script languages like Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, etc, are meaningless? Cause... they're not. You can't just remove them and claim that's still the same word. I don't see 'Air Max' either, though. I tried for a good ten minutes and all I see is an X and an M. This angers and offends me!
              all I see is XVWIV nothing arabic about that.

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              • #8
                Flip it over. It says AIMAX
                "What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer

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                • #9
                  And, yet, the name of the Lord Jesus Christ is blasphemed multiple times a day the world over and nobody seems to care.


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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Littlejoe View Post
                    Flip it over. It says AIMAX
                    aimax.jpg
                    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Littlejoe View Post
                      Flip it over. It says AIMAX
                      aaah so this person had to do some twisting to get it to be something wrong. sort of like the backwards dubbing on the old vinyl records.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Littlejoe View Post
                        Flip it over. It says AIMAX
                        The 'r' is embedded in the 'm'.

                        Shouldn't the lack of dots & squiggles make it different, anyway?
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                          The 'r' is embedded in the 'm'.

                          Shouldn't the lack of dots & squiggles make it different, anyway?
                          AH! Yep, I see it now. I thought it odd they left out the r...
                          "What has the Church gained if it is popular, but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?" - A.W. Tozer

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by RumTumTugger View Post
                            aaah so this person had to do some twisting to get it to be something wrong. sort of like the backwards dubbing on the old vinyl records.
                            Did you hear what happens when you play country music backwards? The guy gets sober, quits cheating, gets his wife back, gets his job back, gets his pickup truck back....
                            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                              Did you hear what happens when you play country music backwards? The guy gets sober, quits cheating, gets his wife back, gets his job back, gets his pickup truck back....
                              Larry Norman on backmasking (from about 1:00 to 3:20):

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