Police confiscate more than 1,100 shoes across Malaysia ahead of the end of Ramadan after an outcry over the footwear's logo that resembles the word 'Allah' in Arabic script.
Pairs of shoes have been seized and a Malaysian company has apologised after one of its logos resembled the Arabic word for God.Malaysia's Islam ic affairs agency has issued a warning to companies to be vigilant about helping ensure the nation's harmony around race, religion and royalty.
The founder of Vern's, Ng Chuan Hoo, was ordered on Monday to explain the shoes to the Department of Islamic Development , the agency that handles Islamic affairs across Malaysia. In a statement on its Instagram page, Vern's insisted that the similarity was accidental while apologising for any offence the logo may have caused.
"However, we admit that there are flaws in the logo design that may result in it being misinterpreted, thereby offending many parties."Religion is a sensitive issue in Malaysia, where Muslims account for two-thirds of a population of 34 million, with large ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities, plus a sizeable expatriate population of non-Muslims.For the past few weeks, Muslims around the world have been fasting from sunrise to sunset for the holy month of Ramadan.
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