Nike has committed "blasphemy" with its Air Max 270 shoe, charges a petition launched online by a Muslim that was signed by more than 6,000 people within hours.

The sole of the athletic shoe features the words Air Max in a stylized script that the Muslim protesters believe resembles the Arabic script for "Allah," the Daily Mail of London reported.

Nike has allowed Allah's name to be "trampled, kicked and become soiled with mud or even filth," the petition states.

In Islamic culture, the Daily Mail points out, showing the sole of one's shoe is a sign of disrespect.

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