Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Is-lame

I wish this was funny. Instead, it is in the genre of “laughing at the expense of religious fanaticism.”

Above is a sole of a Nike Air Max sneaker. Looks pretty innocuous to the untrained eye. However, if you look at it upside down while being fluent in Arabic, and squint your eyes while thinking angry and self-absorbed thoughts, it then clearly looks like the Arabic word for Allah, the Islamic deity. See below:

Outlines added to delineate the logo edges. 



As reported on by Today.

This is not Islam. Instead, it Is-lame.

Today link: https://www.today.com/style/nike-air-max-shoe-logo-called-offensive-muslims-allah-design-t147626