Having heard a Saudi Christian pastor pray in his native language, this entire argument seems entirely semantic.
And thus ridiculous.
Especially because it reveals in non-Arabic speaking people a complete ignorance of language.
If I had a friend who only spoke Arabic who had just lost his job, I would encourage him with a hug and "Allah bidabbir".
This would be the case whether my friend was Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Atheist, or Pastafarian.
Because I believe that God will provide, and that is how that phrase is spoken in the language.
Christians whose first language is Arabic pray to Allah.
Ancient Hebrews and not-as-ancient Jews prayed to YWH, or more accurately Adonai.
Of course, American church people have a major fly up their butts about any kind of connection between themselves and the other major monotheistic religion, and have decided that the Arabic word for "God" can't EVER be used for THEIR God, even after being shown that it is a direct translation of the word which Arab Christians use all the time.
...even though they have no problem singing songs in Yiddish in church services, but maybe that's just because they want to encourage their only ally in the Middle East, even though that alliance has in no way benefited our country, and made enemies of nations who otherwise wouldn't care.
I refer those who fear and hate any claims that Christians, Jews, and Muslims worship the same God to C.S. Lewis:
"When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you to find Him. And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others—not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favourites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.
You can put this another way by saying that while in other sciences the instruments you use are things external to yourself (things like microscopes and telescopes), the instrument through which you see God is your whole self. And if a man’s self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred—like the Moon seen through a dirty telescope. That is why horrible nations have horrible religions: they have been looking at God through a dirty lens."
That some see God more clearly does not mean that all are not looking at Him.
That some American church people pray for a new car or more money does not mean they are directing those inadequate prayers to an idol.
That some Irish church people pray for the deaths of other Irish church people because they go to a different church does not mean they are praying to the air over their heads.
That some Arabic Muslims pray for the deaths of those they deem their enemies does not mean they are worshiping demons.
All of us only know in part and we prophesy in part, and it behooves us to bring our parts together that we may know fully through the presence of God.
Those who claim to know in full look through the eye of a needle and think they see the whole world.
