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by lepht 3885 days ago
For those wondering:

> What makes the Nike Air Bakin’ such a sizzling story is the controversy that arose from the fiery logo on the heel; it was the word ‘Air’ designed in a fiery motif, but backlash from the Muslim community for its slight resemblance to ‘Allah’ in Arabic text forced Nike to recall the shoes and re-release with a basic Nike Air logo.

http://sneakernews.com/2012/09/28/classics-revisited-nike-ai...