A petition calling on the company to recall the shoe as a small section of its sole bearing a resemblance to the Arabic word for " Allah " has received a boost following coverage by media organisations including Indonesia ’s Jakarta Post and Singapore ’s daily Times . The petition already has 22,000 signatories . A spokesperson for the company said that any similarity was “ unintentional " . In 1997 , Nike unveiled a flame logo that also looked similar to the word " Allah " in Arabic . The campaign apologised , withdrew 38,000 signatures , and donated $ 50,000 to a US Islamic elementary school .
A petition calling on the company to recall the shoe as a small section of its sole bears a resemblance to the Arabic word for "Allah" has received a boost following coverage by news organisations including Indonesia’s Jakarta Post and Singapore’s Straits Times. The petition already has 22,000 signatories. A spokesperson for the company said that any similarity was “unintentional". In 1997, Nike created a flame logo that also looked similar to the word "Allah" in Arabic. The company apologised, withdrew 38,000 shoes, and donated $50,000 to a US Islamic elementary school.