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“It is outrageous of Nike to allow the name of God on a shoe….disrespectful and extremely offensive to Muslims”

Feb 2, 2019 11:49 am By Robert Spencer

“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….

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  1. Mary says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 11:54 am

    I don’t buy Nike shoes, but am seriously considering buying a few of these.

    • Salome says

      Feb 2, 2019 at 4:51 pm

      Neither do I, and I was thinking of doing just that, but I won’t, since Nike didn’t respond with: ‘For goodness’ sake, people, grow up and stop confecting outrage where there’s nothing offensive.’

    • Jim B says

      Feb 3, 2019 at 11:01 am

      Why do Muslims make these ridiculous demands? Because they aren’t very bright. Their average IQ is 81. Why are they so stupid? Because their prophet encouraged them to marry their first cousins. In some areas first cousin marriage is over 60% of the population. After 1400 years and 50 generations this creates an inbred population that tends to be violent and well…stupid. Muslims suffer from many other genetic disorders associated with inbreeding. The religion of imbeciles founded by a pervert.

  2. somehistory says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 12:02 pm

    It is not…not…the Name of God. moslims don’w worship God. moslims revere satan and worship him as “god.” The devil, satan, is everything moslims aspire to be…violent, hateful, murderous, and lying, lying , lying without ceasing. And complaining.. the devil complained to God that Job had God’s protection, and hence, satan couldn’t do evil to the man, demanding that God allow him (satan) to hurt Job.

    As hilary might say if talking about something that offended Christians or the True God, “What difference…does it make?” If the shoe fits, wear it. Who goes looking at the soles of shoes while walking on them? Who holds a shoe upside down and scrutinizes the sole in order to see something that isn’t there?

    And those people who work in forensics identifying shoe prints could tell these moslims that shoe soles don’t stay “pristine” after they have been walked around on pavement, store floors, etc. They get nicks and cuts and changes. So, “what difference does it make” if the sole, when held upside down, shows something resembling the Arabic word for satan?

  3. mgoldberg says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 12:05 pm

    We need a petition to demand an end to muslim whinning at every faux appearance of something that looks like a reference to allah or islam and instead, to have muslims go after the jihadists produced by their allah and their mohammed as the dangerous threat to ‘all others’ as they have been doing for 1400 yrs.

  4. CogitoErgoSum says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    When I look at the word Allah written in Arabic script I see a snake.

    • Simo Hayha says

      Feb 3, 2019 at 6:45 am

      I see a slimy earthworm!

  5. Westman says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 12:32 pm

    Only Islam makes men who think Air Max is the name of Allah, shout “Death To (fill in here)”, throw gays off high buildings, kill sisters who love unbelievers, and riot when not allowed to murder a Christian woman in the name of Allah.

    Then the apologists, media, and social schemers insist that our eyesight needs adjusting until this is all envisioned as peace in rainbow colors. War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength.

  6. DiploNerd says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 12:41 pm

    It does not say “Allah” in Arabic. The name Allah in Arabic looks like this: الله
    This whole thing is not just stupid; it’s a complete hoax.

    • somehistory says

      Feb 2, 2019 at 1:50 pm

      Yes, it is. Much like the scarf ripping guys who don’t exist, moslims don’t really see anything in the shoe sole. They just want to be able to “Force” people to bow to their will, to do their bidding. Anything they can think of, any place they can look to invent a “reason” to demand change to appease them.

    • Mark Berlinger says

      Feb 4, 2019 at 10:44 am

      This Jihad hoax only works on the gullible kafir. The phony outrage of Muslims effects unprincipled self-hating indiscriminate submissive types whose only conviction is to muddle through life by avoiding conflict—the modern liberal utopia.

  7. Indiana Tom says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 12:57 pm

    Uhhhmmmm…..I think the lettering is upside down.
    Weelll…doggie….I think they dun learnt readin, ritin, arifmatik at a gubermint skool.

  8. Don Davenport says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 2:04 pm

    I am certain Nike will cave and recall these shoes. Its a social justice company. They practically have no choice.

  9. dsinc says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 2:16 pm

    Islam belongs in the dirtbox of history. Muslims are shackled to the 7th century with a 7th century IQ and they want us kafirs to be their slaves.

  10. Savvy Kafir says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 2:58 pm

    This makes me want to scrawl “Allah” on the soles of all my shoes.

    What a whiny bunch of cry-babies Muslims are! If they had the ability to be self-critical, they would be sickened by their profoundly unattractive nature.

    • Rufolino says

      Feb 3, 2019 at 5:01 am

      Islam will never stop inventing offence and crying outrage until it dominates completely. That is the objective. If Nike submits to this scam, it is one more victory for the evil empire.

  11. Ashley says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 3:12 pm

    This fiasco is absurd.

    Nike should neither recall the “offending” shoe nor issue an apology to Muslims. It will only embolden Muslims to create more frivolous and outrageous demands.

    Don’t like the shoe? Well, don’t buy a pair. I don’t like the hijab and therefore don’t own/wear one. It really is that simple…

    I highly doubt that Nike set out to offend Islam with their Air Max logo.

    I’ll be very disappointed if the company caves in yet again.

  12. TigerCat says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 3:19 pm

    Please can someone start a counter-petition? Let’s get that going and see what happens! If anyone does please link to this site – I would like to sign it!

  13. Ren says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 4:38 pm

    It is entirely OK to be disrespectful to muslims as they show disrespect to humanity with their wrong beliefs.

  14. keith Oades says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 5:22 pm

    Allah on the bottom of a shoe?
    Here’s a better idea.
    Can someone make toilet paper with Allah & Mohammed on it?

  15. gravenimage says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 5:26 pm

    “It is outrageous of Nike to allow the name of God on a shoe….disrespectful and extremely offensive to Muslims”
    ………………

    What is *actually* outrageous is for Muslims to pull this crap on Infidels minding their own business.

  16. Hugh Fitzgerald says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 6:54 pm

    New opportunity for Muslim employment:

    Every manufacturer of clothing, shoes, bed linen, shower curtains, wallpaper, car seats, carpets, every florist, every baker, every cabinet maker, should now, to avoid trouble, hire a Muslim to check samples of every item produced for any telltale signs of “Allah” or any conceivable appearance of any Qur’anic word or phrase. Hundreds of thousands of jobs just waiting for Muslims. The possibilities are endless for Muslims to be usefully employed.

    • Alkimos says

      Feb 2, 2019 at 9:03 pm

      Good idea…they already infest the meat working industry with their halal bollocks…don’t see why it couldn’t work everywhere else…but I wouldn’t go as far as saying usefully employed.

      • observer says

        Feb 3, 2019 at 12:28 pm

        halaal (as they say in my neck of the woods) bollocks aside, if they infested every work place to check every Western company – thanks to these comments they’re very likely already gearing up for this – I’m heading off on a one-way ticket for Mars with the rest of them, whenever they ship out.
        I’d rather die on Mars where there are no muzzies or muezzens (or whatever they’re called) than having every garment/item checked…. even if I’m no longer part of the working world.

        Darn !
        We’ve probably just put a spanner in our own works…

  17. Paul J says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 7:17 pm

    What’s the problem and all the fuss about? Allah the moon god is exactly where he belongs; on the bottom of a shoe.

  18. kuriakose says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    More proof of the mental illness inherent in islam.

    • Rufolino says

      Feb 3, 2019 at 5:04 am

      This isn’t mental illness, it is one more step in their careful strategy.

  19. Or Else! says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    Nike’s new slogan? “(When Islam Tells You What To Do) Just Do It!”

  20. TKF says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 11:03 pm

    Hey stupid Muslims…how’d ya like a size 16 Nike up your ass?

  21. sidney penny says

    Feb 2, 2019 at 11:56 pm

    “No, it doesn’t. It teaches the inferiority of women and non-Muslims, and mandates warfare against unbelievers.”

    You could not have said it any better Mr Robert Spencer.

    Has anyone debated you for the opposite view.

  22. Jennifer says

    Feb 3, 2019 at 12:35 am

    When?, will Moslems stop looking for things to be offended by??!!…NEVER!!!

  23. dan christensen says

    Feb 3, 2019 at 3:06 am

    We recall a scene from the “Monty Python” movie, “The life of Brian”. Brian is being attacked by a mob and tries to escape the raging populace – then suddenly he stumbles over a shoe in the sand. Immediately he grabs it, lifts it up in the air and shout to his persecutors that the shoe is a holy omen; indeed the shoe itself is a god.
    Nike could do the same by proclaming the particular shoe the supreme god of a new religion, the “Nikean religion”. By coincidence this god appeared to be family related with the isalmic lunar god – miracle!

  24. Rick Spencer says

    Feb 3, 2019 at 3:52 am

    Only a mentally-retarded, brainwashed, Mohammedan would be able to read ‘Allah’ in that logo! Always playing the victim game, because they bring NOTHING positive to the people of the world.

  25. DK says

    Feb 3, 2019 at 5:12 am

    Every word beginning with ‘Imp’ and read upside down has this symbol.
    Sue the dictionary!!!

    To me the symbol looks like testicles and a penis. Maybe Mo got the idea praying behind men at the mosque.

  26. johnlocke445 says

    Feb 3, 2019 at 9:14 am

    Isn’t Islam just so much fun???

  27. Ronyvo says

    Feb 3, 2019 at 1:39 pm

    Muslims are offended of this offended of that. I wonder are they going to run out of fake reasons to be offended by!! And when this happen what are they going to do? Whining! They ae doing that already. Terrorizing! They are doing this also. Laying, deceiving! This too. All what the Devil posses of evil nesses they got it.
    What is left for us the infidels todo is to get the perfidious ignorant coward media back to their senses to REPORT the truth, which are extremely easy to proof by using surahs from the diabolical Koran.
    This way the naïve people would know the ugly horrible truth about Islam and I am sure they would act accordingly by simply ignoring their whining & offending fiasco AND elect and support the patriotic leasers.

  28. Or Else! says

    Feb 5, 2019 at 3:52 pm

    Funny that Islam sees blasphemy in an English-spelled, upside down logo…but have never complained that their prophet’s English-spelled, right-side up name contains a pork product: MuHAMmad.

    🙂

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