American rapper Kanye West has been at the forefront of many controversies. But the latest one has angered the Muslim community beyond repair. His new line of YEEZY BOOST 350 V2 has shoes named after the Islamic archangels, ‘Israfil‘ & ‘Asriel‘.
After the shoe line was launched, Muslims from all around the world expressed their concerns regarding the names. Israfil is an angel in Islam who will blow the trumpet to signal the day of judgment. While Asriel [Azrael] is the angel of death.
One online petition reads:
Having the names of angels, which we revere highly on a shoe which is used to walk on the street is a huge form of disrespect in all Muslims communities. We demand that Adiddas cease all production of this shoe immediately, issue a sincere apology to the Muslim community.
People took to their Twitter account to ‘cancel’ this line and Kanye West’s brand YEEZY. They are asking Kanye and Adidas to change the names. But we haven’t gotten any response from either of them.
Here’s what everyone has to say:
So let me get this straight… Dude who thinks he's a Christian pastor and supports Islamophobic MAGA partnered with an Islamophobic brand to appropriate an Islamic symbol to sell shoes? pic.twitter.com/iPn0RHUkMe
— Ms. Hala (@MsHalaCo) August 25, 2020
https://twitter.com/aznamohsin/status/1297975297959178240
#KanyeWest named his shoes Israfil & Azrael after angels in Islam. this is disrespectful & ignorant to the significance behind the names. obv he was trying to capitalize off Muslim consumers but failed. certain things are off limits. this is one of them.
Shame on u! @adidas— yosra elleithy (@yosra98) August 26, 2020
Why @adidas, why??? You would think that after @kanyewest ‘s recommitment to God, that all God’s creations would be respected by him. Guess not! You can’t name shoes after Angels. It’s extremely disrespectful. pic.twitter.com/koOoSKmcxy
— Boutaïna Azzabi Ezzaouia (@Boutaina) August 25, 2020
https://twitter.com/javohir_murod/status/1296453471374381057
idk why it’s become trendy to mock islam. first companies appropriate our religion and now kanye naming his shoes after two important angels from the religion… OUR RELIGION IS NOT AN AESTHETIC. imagine how tired we are.
— zara 🇵🇸 (@dunnesdaisy) August 24, 2020
This is incredibly disrespectful. Israfil is one of the 4 archangels of Islam, this is deliberate attempt to mock Islam. Shame on you adidas and Kanye for religious discrimination. https://t.co/6xPpiMtBc7
— Max (@mohamed_knaan) August 23, 2020
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