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Judaic approaches to the Muslim practice of naming god "Allah" instead "Yahwah"

Does the Muslim practice of naming the god of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and Ishmael "Allah" (ٱللَّٰه) Instead "Yahwah" (יהוה) makes Islam idolatry according to any major Judaic sect (Karaite/Seducee/Rabbanite/Pharisaic/Essenes)?
I would argue that if we interpret the practice as _naming god in Arabic_ rather _naming god in Hebrew_ so one could claim that when a Muslim does this, shehe names the same god in another name of its many names in a language shehe grasps as sacred by god itself, so there isn't any necessary contradiction here and it surly isn't idolatry --- and yet I have asked the question above to broaden my knowledge about the different possible approaches to this Muslim practice within Judaism.

Does the Muslim practice of naming the god of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and Ishmael "Allah" (ٱللَّٰه) instead of "Yahwah" (יהוה) make Islam idolatry according to any major Judaic sect (Karaite/Seducee/Rabbanite/Pharisaic/Essenes)?
I would argue that if we interpret the practice as _naming god in Arabic_ as contrasted with _naming god in Hebrew_, then one could claim that when a Muslim does this, she/he names the same god in another name of its many names in a language she/he grasps as sacred by god itself, so there isn't any necessary contradiction here and it surely isn't idolatry — and yet I have asked the question above to broaden my knowledge about the different possible approaches to this Muslim practice within Judaism.

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