Nike faces Muslim backlash after sole design resembles Arabic word for ‘Allah’

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‘Outrageous and appalling of Nike to allow the name of God on a shoe.’

 

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Is this a joke? Or are they serious? Struggling to work out if it's a sarcastic go at the 'always offended' or if it's actually gone this far?

This happened before with Nike. I had a pair

It could have been worse, they could have signed Richard Reid (the shoe bomber) to a sneaker deal. nike news JustSaying seriously FirstWorldProblems

Completely insensitive and could quite easily be determined as provocation. Recall and an apology due I’m afraid

It's only there if you look at it upside down and remove 2 letters, FFS get over yourselves, why don't they get so upset when some of their radical 💩s murder people I'll have to go shopping and get a pair 🖕

We should all buy a pair to show how ridiculous this is. However they will probably be too expensive for most 🤔

A bit like seeing Jesus scorched into a piece of toast. Religious people everywhere need to get over themselves.

Nike is the Greek Goddess of Victory but I don’t hear the Greeks getting angst about the sandshoe maker

This is a bit of a stretch.

Part of me hopes this article is fake or intended as a joke. Most of me, however, knows that people really are this fucking stupid. Nike should start giving away bacon with these shoes.

The perpetually offended are just looking for a reason to be offended. They clearly didn't do it on purpose. So tired of one group in particular whining and demanding everything be changed to suit them. Then they wonder why people don't like their 'peaceful' religion.

Muslim is not a real religion. Dealwithit

Stop using religion to create tension. It's a pair of shoe at the end. They look great.

Fark you Nike

😂Give me a break!

I saw the same thing in the packaging for 2 min noodles, jasmine rice, couscous and also every night in the tea leaves at the bottom of my cup. Let's ban them all !!!

Not Buddha

How some idiots become insulted over a fairy tale is beyond me..!!

Grow up. Muslims are like brat kids the way they go in. It’s 2019, not the Middle Ages.

The rest of the world don't practice islam as a religion or it's customs or taboo, i doubt very much anyone intended to symbolize anything on the trainer sole.

Oh please what we have to watch what we do now not to offend people please umpire

You can change the image in the article but you cant hide the fact you published an image with a rather humorous name it... here let me remind you what YOU published

Another reason need to get rid of religion as theses people that complain are in need of psychiatric treatment.

Oh fucking get over it

I’m buying a pair.

they complain about anything.

What about making suicide vests and bombs with the name 'allah' on it, sell it to Saudi Arabia and all those fanatics of ISIS and maybe they will stop killing others and blowing themselves up, cause allah will be offended ? Right ?

So are all these 'muslims' who are somehow offended by a legitimate Nike Air Max sign now going to buy one way tickets back to Saudi Arabia and buy the highly in demand footwear that is mass produced in downtown Riyadh and Mecca ?

AIRMAX that says. Stop this stupid 'offended' mantra and shaming companies into changing innocuous designs because you 'think' it's something it's not. Your God is no better than mine.

Just a marketing ploy. Make a controversial product, massive amount of free publicity and as always will get sucked into and buy them in droves

Snowflakes

Must be a joke article

I don’t know as yet what the word is! Either pure stupidity and myopia on Nike’s behalf or a cunning and meticulously planned PR stunt. Could be a case of don’t do it.!

That’s not a sandal 🤔

So this site newscom has no issue with displaying 'Radom GoatFucker' on it's news website ? Islam Muslim journalism hypocrisy

I did a bog that looks like buddha. Recall the sewerage.

Sucked into Guerrilla Marketing

Do we always read Nike Max upside down and then imagine it represents something that offends us! Muslim fanaticism gone overboard. What will they be offended by next?

Quote from the article “Islam teaches compassion, kindness and fairness towards all.”unquote. I call BULLSHIT LIES... Considering Islam also teaches wording such as Slaughter ALL Non Believers, ETC!!! GetOverIt

The religion of victims and snowflakes.

backward thinking idiots are the same as people here that dig hard to find offense everywhere. society bending over a barrel to appease these people is baffling. when was the last time islam apologised when someone in the west was offended by something done by muslims?

You're kidding, right?

Love the screengrab of the petition.

Can’t see it. All I see is AirMax. 😆

A couple of weeks ago a lot of Muslims were offended because a clown insisted the MAS inflight magazine displayed pix of pork. Turns out the meat was beef. We do wonder how they survive in a western world. Now it’s Nike. They seems to take offence on anything!

Send this in return to them.

Lol should have printed pork on the soles as well😂😂

Please stop! If they don’t like it don’t buy that pair of shoes .. deadset!

Here we go DMdogz

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