Nike Shoe offends Muslims wtf

[otrkid1970]

So Nike has a pair of shoes out and the Writing on the bottom resembles the Word God or Allah and Muslim Snowflakes are offended.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/thousands-demand-nike-pull-air-max-270-off-shelves-over-offensive-logo

It's ok to Kill Christians and Stone people to death or throw Gay people off roofs but God forbid Nike has this.

I'm going to be buying a pair and Walk through Pig Shit just because i can.

Is there anything that Doesn't offend the Delicate Muslim Religion?

[DireWolfM14]

There's no shortage of offensive material out there, if you look hard enough.  And no matter how civil you intend to be someone will be offended by something you say or do.  It's unavoidable.

Something specific about Arab culture which many Americans find curious; it is offensive to show the bottom of your shoes to someone.  So if you are sitting with your legs crossed, who ever happens to be in direct line-of-sight of the bottom of your shoes may take offense.

[otrkid1970]

There's no shortage of offensive material out there, if you look hard enough.  And no matter how civil you intend to be someone will be offended by something you say or do.  It's unavoidable.

Something specific about Arab culture which many Americans find curious; it is offensive to show the bottom of your shoes to someone.  So if you are sitting with your legs crossed, who ever happens to be in direct line-of-sight of the bottom of your shoes may take offense.

I see your point but i think the Muslim World should be more concerned with other things other than a Nike Shoe Resemblance. Such as Waging War with Christians or Waging war against other Muslims. They can Focus on Basic Human Rights too. Stoning a Woman to death for Allegedly committing Adultery or Throwing a Gay person off a Roof seems to be more problematic than a Shoe Sole.

What a fucked up religion it is.

[DireWolfM14]

What a fucked up religion it is.

I merited your post, because I agree with most of what you said, except for that last line.  I don't believe Islam is any more fucked up than any other religion.  History shows that Christianity, Judaism, and even Buddhism have inflicted their share if subjugation and ostracisation.

I grew up Muslim (in the US,) and the vast majority of my interaction with people who are true believers demonstrates they are peaceful, respectful, and accepting.  Of course there are bad seeds who give the whole religion a bad name.  

[otrkid1970]

What a fucked up religion it is.

I merited your post, because I agree with most of you said, except for that last line.  I don't believe Islam is any more fucked up than any other religion.  History shows that Christianity, Judaism, and even Buddhism have inflicted their share if subjugation a ostracisation.

I grew up Muslim (in the US,) and the vast majority of my interaction with people who are true believers demonstrates they are peaceful, respectful, and accepting.  Of course their are bad seeds who give the whole religion a bad name.  

Christianity Started with the same basic Barbaric characteristics as the Muslim world sees "Normal" today but the difference is Christians have evolved and left the Atrocities of the past in the past.
The Muslim Religion is stuck and Not willing to move forward.

I can't think of a single Muslim Country in the world that is in line with the rest of the Civilized world. Can you name one?

[DireWolfM14]

Well, the Spanish Inquisition was disbanded only 185 years ago, and Islam is about 650 years younger than Christianity.  So, give them time.  

[otrkid1970]

Well, the Spanish Inquisition was disbanded only 185 years ago, and Islam is about 650 years younger than Christianity.  So, give them time.  

Lol i try to be patient and not be a Religious hater on Muslim way of thinking BUT it's hard very very hard.

[Spendulus]

So Nike has a pair of shoes out and the Writing on the bottom resembles the Word God or Allah and Muslim Snowflakes are offended.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/thousands-demand-nike-pull-air-max-270-off-shelves-over-offensive-logo

It's ok to Kill Christians and Stone people to death or throw Gay people off roofs but God forbid Nike has this.

I'm going to be buying a pair and Walk through Pig Shit just because i can.

Is there anything that Doesn't offend the Delicate Muslim Religion?

So a lot of cultures have some big deal about showing the bottom of your shoes.

Given that I can see why they don't like god on the bottom of shoes.

But if you look at the video, they've singled out about the middle 1/2 of a phrase, basically a "V" and a "W", and say they don't like that.

So nothing should be offensive IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE?

That's crazy.

[af_newbie]

If the shoes said "Fuck Allah" or "Allah was a pedophile", I would buy them as a collector's item.

Insulting religion is not a crime.  We should be able to make fun of STUPID ideas no matter how crazy they are.

[Spendulus]

If the shoes said "Fuck Allah" or "Allah was a pedophile", I would buy them as a collector's item.

Insulting religion is not a crime.  We should be able to make fun of STUPID ideas no matter how crazy they are.

I've read that for automobiles, considerable study is done on whether a new proposed name offends anyone in any particular language. Because the cars are sold worldwide and nobody wants a car which has a name which is, say, "SHIT" in that language.

Should Nike pay attention in such a matter? Sure.

But how far? Here the objection is to a part of the phrase taken out of context and said to mean something different than intended. I'm curious what an average muslim would think of this matter.

[KingScorpio]

well of course it offends muslims, i mean god is their main goal, not the shoes.

[JSRAW]

I grew up Muslim (in the US,) and the vast majority of my interaction with people who are true believers demonstrates they are peaceful, respectful, and accepting.  Of course there are bad seeds who give the whole religion a bad name.  

Muslim living in the West as a minority is very different than living in a Muslim majority nation. when in minority they are one of the greatest groups to hang out with but when in the majority its completely opposite. fortunately and unfortunately I have both experiences.

If the shoes said "Fuck Allah" or "Allah was a pedophile", I would buy them as a collector's item.

After writing "Fuck Allah" or "Allah was a pedophile" that shoe company or any other company will go instinct-shutdown. every piece would become collector's item automatically due to blood bath after this event. followed by never-ending hate.

In short, don't wanna witness this madness only for some collectible items.

[mayo2u]

Well, the Spanish Inquisition was disbanded only 185 years ago, and Islam is about 650 years younger than Christianity.  So, give them time.  

And how many people were killed during the Spanish Inquisition?  In the three centuries less than 5000 were executed. Now that's a lot in moral term. But in historical term - you know, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, the Kims in Korea - 5000 over 3 centuries is ... child's play.

Let's double that 5000 and double it again. It's still only 20,000 in 3 centuries.

Now compare it to the religious violence in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria over the last 20 years.

Ya see the difference?

[Ciscopro2000]

People are way too easily offended about everything.  If you don’t like something, just ignore it and move on.  Don’t buy it.  Pretty much somebody will be offended by anything.  Soon we will ban pickles because they look like dildos. 

[kakonhat]

So Nike has a pair of shoes out and the Writing on the bottom resembles the Word God or Allah and Muslim Snowflakes are offended.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/thousands-demand-nike-pull-air-max-270-off-shelves-over-offensive-logo

It's ok to Kill Christians and Stone people to death or throw Gay people off roofs but God forbid Nike has this.

I'm going to be buying a pair and Walk through Pig Shit just because i can.

Is there anything that Doesn't offend the Delicate Muslim Religion?

I heard that news and I am so sad about this. No one has rights to attack any religious faith. Nike did very bad work. We should boycott Nike for their worst work.

[mOgliE]

For God's sake you're ridiculous...

The petition gathered not even 40k persons world wide... I could gather that much people for pretty much anything, it's completely meaningless...

And by the way the petition isn't stupid at all. They clearly said that it already happened 20 years ago and Nike apologized and promised to not do it again. And now they do it again.

What's wrong with wanting a private company to stick to its word? I know it's incredible for some people here but it happens that people don't like lies whatever the lie.

[dippididodaday]

People are way too easily offended about everything.  If you don’t like something, just ignore it and move on.  Don’t buy it.  Pretty much somebody will be offended by anything.  Soon we will ban pickles because they look like dildos. 

I love pickels and it should be the other way around: let's ban dildos!

[cizatext]

There's no shortage of offensive material out there, if you look hard enough.  And no matter how civil you intend to be someone will be offended by something you say or do.  It's unavoidable.

Something specific about Arab culture which many Americans find curious; it is offensive to show the bottom of your shoes to someone.  So if you are sitting with your legs crossed, who ever happens to be in direct line-of-sight of the bottom of your shoes may take offense.

That is insanity how can my shoe bottom be an offense to any one if they culture forbids that then they should not come out to where civilized people are in other not to get offended because everyone out they is leaving his or her life and don't let your own infringe on the other person freedom to express his self both in speech and dressing.

[cestmoi]

But if you look at the video, they've singled out about the middle 1/2 of a phrase, basically a "V" and a "W", and say they don't like that.

If yo pay attention it is the I W V that is the cause of the issue

I is Alif, = A
W is two L (Lam)
The V looks like a Ha when attached to the end of the word


Allah written in Arabic :


The nike shoe :







But it is not the 1st time Nike has done it.
After a quick search i found this :



https://www.logolynx.com/topic/nike+air+allah

In 1997 Nike agreed to dump a style of athletic training shoes after Muslims complained the flame-like logo resembled the name Allah. In exchange for the suspending sales and issuing an apology, the Council on American-Islamic Relations agreed to urge Muslims around the world not to boycott Nike products. The company also agreed to donate a $50,000 playground to an Islamic elementary school in Virginia.

Source : https://www.wnd.com/2015/10/holy-flip-flops-now-shoes-are-blasphemous/

[HarveySpecter_]

Muslims who kill Christians are radical Muslims who also kill their own, needless to say that not all Muslims are radical and those who are just take it too extremely, though Stoning shouldn't be a practice  and Homosexual rights should be respected. People will ALWAYS find a way to see something "offensive" and  "Problematic" I don't know its just society these days trying their best to be woke.