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For consideration: my research on the name / title of “Allah” has led me to a different conclusion than many here on FR.

Allah is the Arabic title for God. In English we refer to God (which is a title, not a name) which refers to the same Deity as various Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish people of faith regard as the Creator, Almighty and Redeemer of mankind. Even though these groups may differ in theology, we generally agree that we are referring to the same God.

This is generally not true about the gods of other religions such as Hinduism.

So is Allah God?

Muslims treat Allah as God’s name. Christians do not recognize this as God’s name, but it is His Arabic title.

My argument against the Islamic declaration that there is no God but Allah is that this statement contradicts what Christians, Jews and Muslims agree on, namely that there is one God. “God” is His title in English. This means the statement is self-contradictory.

We could say, there is no Allah but Allah. And there is no God but God. However, the first statement is bringing an Arabic word into English.

We should not defame “Allah” even though we know this is not God’s name, because Allah is God’s title in Arabic.

There are many of us who may have blasphemed God ignorantly by our comments about Allah. The Muslims’ Allah may be the Devil in disguise. And it may be him that is the object of such insults, but be aware that Christian Bibles in Arabic use Allah as the title for God.

So I advise against insulting “Allah”, not for fear of offending Muslims, but for fear of insulting the one true God, who is the God of all nationalities. His name is Yaweh, not Allah. But His Arabic title is Allah.