Nike condemns Trump’s Muslim ban

American giant says newly-elected president’s executive order threatens company’s core values

American giant Nike has publicly condemned United States (US) President Donald Trump’s immigration ban on seven Muslim-majority countries.

In a letter written by the brand’s president Mark Parker to the employees, the company said that the newly-elected president’s executive order threatens the core values of diversity.

“Nike believes in a world where everyone celebrates the power of diversity,” read the letter.



“Regardless of whether or how you worship, where you come from or who you love, everyone’s individual experience is what makes us stronger as a whole.

“Those values are being threatened by the recent executive order in the US banning refugees, as well as visitors, from seven Muslim-majority countries,” it added.

 





The letter also includes mention of Nike-sponsored athlete and sprinter Mo Farah, who arrived from Somalia to the United Kingdom when he was eight years old. Farah now resides in Oregon with his wife and children as he fears he may not be able to return to the country once he comes back from training camp in Ethiopia.

“Today, I am thinking of everyone who is impacted, like Sir Mo Farah,” said Parker. “What Mo will always have, what the entire Nike family can always count on, is the support of this company.”