![]() Hooper also pointed to a recent case in which Amazon was selling doormats, bath mats and toilet seats emblazoned with Islamic calligraphy and verses from the Quran. “They don’t necessarily see a problem, they may not even know what it was it was just a nice design to them, but obviously it’s completely inappropriate to do that kind of thing.” The typical kind of case would be a jeans manufacturer who liked a design, and the design happened to be verses from the Quran in Arabic,” he said. “We’ve dealt with a number of cases over the years. Hooper says this is not the first time a company has been accused of using Islamic script on their products. "Any other perceived meaning or representation" of the Air Max logo is "unintentional," Nike said. “A number of community members have reached out to us about the design,” Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR’s communications director, told TODAY. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has also been fielding complaints about the Nike logo in recent weeks. 29, the petition has racked up more than 9,600 signatures. Any other perceived meaning or representation is unintentional.” Noreen claimed the logo is "disrespectful and extremely offensive." NIKEĪs of Jan. It is intended to reflect the AIR MAX brand only. “The AIR MAX logo was designed to be a stylized representation of Nike’s AIR MAX trademark. “Nike respects all religions and we take concerns of this nature seriously,” a Nike spokesperson said in a statement to TODAY Style. The company apologized and stopped selling shoes with that design. In 1997, Nike came under fire for using a flame-shaped logo that resembled the world “Allah” in Arabic script. Nike’s Air shoes have faced criticism in the past for their branding. Noreen also urged Nike to “recall this blasphemous and offensive shoe and all products with the design logo resembling the word Allah from worldwide sales immediately.” Several of Nike's Air Max sneakers include the sylized logo on the sole. ![]() ![]() ![]() Islam teaches compassion, kindness and fairness towards all.” “This is disrespectful and extremely offensive to Muslims and insulting to Islam. “It is outrageous and appalling of Nike to allow the name of God on a shoe,” Noreen wrote. “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,” Saiqa Noreen, who started the appeal, wrote on the petition’s homepage. Noreen said the upside-down Air Max logo resembles the word 'Allah' in Arabic script. According to a recent petition launched on, the Air Max logo on the bottom of some Nike Air Max sneakers resembles the word “Allah,” the word for God in Arabic, written in Arabic script. ![]()
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