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 Nike. The petition already has 22,000 signatories. A spokesperson for the company said that any similarity was “unintentional". In 1997, Straits Times 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.
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.