This is an even more subtle point. In Arabic, Allah is simply the word for "God". As it turns out, Allah is also the English word for "Muslim God". To take an

This is an even more subtle point. In Arabic, Allah is simply the word for "God". As it turns out, Allah is also the English word for "Muslim God". To take an English example, imagine a Christian saying "God is great", with an option to translate it as either: "God (generic) is great"; or "The Christian God is great". Sure, he was probably thinking of the Christian God when he spoke, but making that explicit in the translation still changes the meaning.