A November 21, 1998 CNN web article "Nike and Islamic group end logo logjam":
"FALLS CHURCH, Virginia (CNN) -- Athletic footwear company Nike and an Islamic organization broke ground on a playground on Saturday and announced that a controversy over a shoe logo is over.[Hat tip: Kender, who posted this information to the bulletin board of Yahoo group The Wide Awakes]
"Nike and the Council on American-Islamic Relations completed an agreement last week, officially resolving a problem that began in April 1997 when CAIR objected to a shoe with a design on the heel similar to the Arabic word for 'God' or 'Allah.'
"As part of the final agreement, Nike is building three playgrounds for Islamic communities in the United States, said Roy Agostino, communications manager for Nike. CAIR will decide where the playgrounds will be, Agostino said.
"The first playground will be at Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center, Falls Church, Virginia, where representatives from Nike and CAIR held a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday. Children from the center's school drew pictures of what they would like in their new playground. Nike distributed balloons and T-shirts.
"In June last year, Nike apologized to Muslims for any unintentional offense, agreed to recall all products carrying the design, introduced training for Nike designers in Islamic imagery and agreed to investigate how the design came about.
"After the recall, other issues remained, such as the shoes' appearance in some markets outside the United States.
""I think this agreement we signed with Nike a few days ago puts this whole issue to an end. And we hope that Nike will be now aware of the sensitive market that they have and the global issue that pertains with the shoes,' said Nihad Awad, executive director of CAIR."
Also posted to Northern Virginiastan.
Yep, just like that Burger King ice cream cone graphic. Yep, it's all arabic in disguise. Big business is just out to insult the poor muslims by hiding arabic script in the Coca Cola logo, Nike shoes and ice cream cone graphics. Soon they will be blaming the Jews for it all, if they haven't already.
ReplyDeleteYeah! And Starbuck's "Mermaid" logo on paper cups in Saudi Arabia...
ReplyDeleteOf COURSE it's the Jews! Everything is the Jews! The rest of us have just been taken in by the Jews!
I don't have the skills, but if I did, I'd collect all this crap and put it together in a book and publish it! It's just TOO FUNNY!
I'm still looking for the "dog hair" one. It is absolutely hilarious! It goes on and on and on, and even though I edited it, it goes on and on and on!
Cubed,
ReplyDeleteI remember that dog hair one.
The collection you mentioned would be a doozie and a great expose.