Jun 05 2008
AANVALLAH - Euro 2008
Aanvallah.nl sells orange (the national Dutch color linked to the monarcy) football shirts with the text ‘Aanvallah’. In Dutch this sounds like ‘aanvallen’ which means ‘attack’ but in a sportive, friendly way (such as ‘forward’) and is combined with the name of ‘Allah’.
It is meant as a sign the football unites all Dutch people wherever they live and from what ethnic or religious background they are. I think the initiative is older then now because it already appeared in 2006 on a social advertisement blog Houtlust.
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