The Arabic symbol for 'Allah' - or God - is sacred to Muslims, with followers of the religion believing that not respecting the symbol is tantamount to disrespecting Allah.

This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. Back in 1997, Muslims also blasted Nike for a design on the back of its “Air Bakin'” shoe that they thought was too close to the ...

Iran's football federation protested Sunday against U.S. Soccer's removal of the word Allah from the Islamic republic's flag on social media posts ahead of an upcoming game between the arch-foes.