RE: You’re really hung up on this “word” bit. And, in the process, missing the forest for the trees.
I am hang up on the WORD bit because it is IMPORTANT.
I can speak several languages.
In Chinese, God is called SHANG TI from time immemorial up to today. There is NO CONTROVERSY regarding their calling the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Christianity by that name.
In Filipino, they call God, Panginoon. Again There is NO CONTROVERSY regarding their calling the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Christianity by that name.
In Japanese, they call Him KAMI-SAMA from the very beginning. Again There is NO CONTROVERSY regarding their calling the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Christianity by that name.
Spanish speaking people call God — DIOS (a derivation I think of the Greek word Theos ). Again There is NO CONTROVERSY regarding their calling the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Christianity by that name.
So, why the controversy of the use of Allah?
So, back to Allah. If it is your contention that this Allah is a satanic god and is not the one God that Christians and Jews ( and Chinese, Filipinos, Spanish, Greek and Japanese) worship, then we’ll have to REPLACE the name when we evangelize people in Arab countries.
What should we call Him in Arabic then?
Obviously it has to be the same name used by Arabic Christians ( and Jews living in the Arab world) BEFORE Islam was introduced.
So what is/was it?
It sounds to me like you already know the answer to your own question. As such, I’m not playing this game any longer.