Is the Islamic Allah a social memory complex?

[herald]

It seems that the question and all of the answers do not register that "allah"... is a word -NOT A NAME! This is crucial to understanding how the term "allah" is used.
The term "allah" can no more be associated with the term "Yaweh" than the term "Fred" can be associated with the word "potato".
This understanding is so basic the Bush administration was forced to disclose that the Smallpox attacks of 2001 on the Senate Building were carried out by non-muslims. The note stated that "Allah is great". The word allah would not remain untranslated into the english language word to which it corresponds: "god"-  Please stop using this word incorrectly.

So rather than saying I believe in God they create another "word" and then use that to favor themselves over others by that same God you and I believe in? That does not sound right. God has no name, nor a word, for god is within every particle of creation.

NOOOOOOOO!!! Sorry, Its like this: In French "oueff" means egg, in spanish "huevo" means egg, but in English "egg" means egg.
In French "Dieu" means God, in Spanish "Dios" means God, in English "God" means God. That doesn't mean that Spanish speaking people created a name for their god, "Dios" is just the word they use.