Nike Air Bakin aka “Air Allah” Returns
| Nike brings back another classic. In 1998, the Nike Air Bakin made national headlines when Arab-American groups thought that the way “Air” was written on the shoe looked too similar to “Allah” written in Arabic. Nike recalled thousands of shoes, covered the logos with patches and the shoes made their way to the outlets. Unfortunately for Nike, there were hundreds of thousands of shoes fresh out of the factories that had the same logo. All of which were destroyed/ In the end that logo cost Nike millions plus a playground built to ease tensions.
This time around, the Nike Air Bakins will feature a “Nike Air” logo on the back when they release to the public in August for $125. Pics thanks to Complex. |
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they sick,they iight in all black too,or red/black wit black laces,&& dey match a whole mess of stuff too,so dey kool.
Comment by J From MD, But Born In D.C> — March 23, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
Please learn some English before you post on here again.
Comment by Moderator — July 23, 2008 @ 3:57 am
Moderater ur a fkucin hater. Let that man live. And the bakins is crack.im tryna cop another pair right now but they impossible 2 find. I believe footlocker can order them if u already have a pair with the numbers that are inside the shoe. Im gona try that. Hint* 4 anyone else who wants a pair as well
Comment by Stefno — September 17, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
And don’t try to act like a Moderator either when you aren’t.
Comment by Nice Kicks — September 26, 2008 @ 11:39 am
these shoes that you can see in the photo are words writtien of ALLAH=GOD if everyone wants to know putting the words ALLAH on your shoes is disgracing allah because walking on the words allah is digracing allah because your saying that allah is NOTHING THAT GOD IS NOTHING and that we humans are better then ALLAH=GOD and how could you say that cause we arent better then ALLAh=GOD no one is because allah is the creator of earth allah is the creator of humans and allah is the creator of everything except man made things so how could you put the word ALLAH=god on your shoes disgracing allah who are you to allah you tell me that who are we to allah we are his followers we follow the ways allah told us to follow allah so putting the words god or allah on your shoes is disgracing allah so you think about what the FAMOUS ONE BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY NIKE putting the words god or allah on your shoes so you think about this WOULD YOU PUT THE WORDS GOD OR ALLAH ON YOUR SHOES WOULD YOU DISGRACE ALLAH OR GOD WOULD YOU? AND THE WORDS ON THE SHOES DO LOOK ALOT LIKE THE WORDS ALLAH ON THE SHOES AND FOR THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THERE IS 99 WORDS OF ALLAH BUT IT DOSENT MATTER CAUSE IT STELL SAYS ALLAH AND YES WE DO PRAY ON THE WORDS ALLAH BECAUSE WE BELIEVE ALLAH CAUSE ALLAH TOLD US TO PRAY AND BECAUSE CHERISH ALLAH AND WE DONT PUT THE WORDS ALLAH ON OUR SHIRTS WE PUT FEAR GOD BUT NOT THE WORDS ALLAH SO THE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE KEEP BELIEVEING YOUR WAYS AND KEEP ON HATING US BUT REMEBER ISLAM IS THE RIGHT WAY AND PUTTING THE WORDS ALLAH OR GOD ON YOUR SHOES IS A DISGRACE TO YOUR RELIGION AND YOUR GOD OR ALLAH
Comment by adam — September 27, 2008 @ 8:57 am
I have an original pair of these shoes. They are pretty beat-up. Are there any colletors out there? How much are they worth, if anything?
Comment by Jay — October 2, 2008 @ 2:02 pm
the word “air” really does look alot like the word “ALLAH” in arabic…..what i dont get is why anyone would do that? =s
Comment by sehar — October 16, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
Well, It doesn’t look like AIR, But did Nike announce that they actually meant it this way?
If not then i know Islam is wide enough to embrace the ignorance of those who don’t know.. and enlighten them
Comment by Hossam Abbass — October 19, 2008 @ 10:57 am
can any one please send us the link of the official response of NIKE regarding this issue?
Comment by Mohamed — October 20, 2008 @ 5:44 am
Oh PLEASE! Nike Air Bakin DOES NOT have the controversial logo on it. That photo you have was an old photo from their recalled product. Below is a link that shows all angle of the product. STOP inciting anger from Muslims all over again, will you? It’s just not right!
http://www.osneaker.com/nike-air-bakin39-dark-armyblackwhi39.html
Comment by Lala Wethka — October 22, 2008 @ 7:30 am
respect all religons
Comment by sam — November 11, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
Please find the following link.
http://masudblog.com/?p=335
Comment by Toufik — November 17, 2008 @ 2:33 am