# Talk:Allah

The image caption immediately below the § Etymology header includes a broken section link to Hamza#Hamzat al-waṣl ( ٱ ). It should be corrected to point to Hamza#Hamzat al-waṣl (ٱ) instead:—

Thank you. 104.246.217.171 (talk) 19:21, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
 Done PianoDan (talk) 00:28, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

It states in the article that the name Allah (word for The God) , is used principally outside of the middle east in Islam. 
I would like to have it changed to 'in the middle east, the word Allah is principally used in Islam but it is also used by white European and American Muslims too.'  
Mowilly88 (talk) 20:12, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

@Mowilly88 Per what sources? —C.Fred (talk) 20:14, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
New research shows Islam is the world’s fastest-growing religion | Islam Channel Mowilly88 (talk) 20:22, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
Why Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing religious group Mowilly88 (talk) 20:23, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
Number of Jews in the World 2025 as they are a minority.
As of July 19, 2025, there are approximately 2.04 billion Muslims and 15.8 million Jews worldwide. Muslims constitute about 25% of the world's population, while Jews represent a much smaller fraction, around 0.2%.
How can you possibly say that it is outside of the middle east where Allah is used in Islam when islam came from Saudia arabia and medina and it is THE MOST principally used in Islam INSIDE of the middle east. Correct the edit and please stop being dogmatic. Mowilly88 (talk) 20:27, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
I don't see where editing the article is an improvement. —C.Fred (talk) 22:02, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
It's a clarification and addition of nuance, that's supported by the sources given, (and even if no source was given, is self-evident...it hardly requires a source to understand Muslims exist outside of the middle east). I'm frankly more curious A) why this needs sources (your first question), and b) why it's NOT an improvement (your second)?66.196.238.186 (talk) 18:50, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

[dubious – discuss]
Allah is the principle word used in Islam in the middle east as the fasting growing religion and with far more follows of Islam than Judaism and so this statements needs to be corrected please. Allah is also used by white European and American Muslims too. Mowilly88 (talk) 20:21, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

It says that using such a word outside of the Middle East makes people think the speaker is a Muslim. It does not say it is not used in the Middle East by Muslims, just that other believers from the Middle East use the word, too. tgeorgescu (talk)  22:42, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

It states principally, please Google the definition and then relate it to what you have said. I feel like you are yet to master the English language perhaps. 31.205.135.51 (talk) 12:49, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

The claim under Etymology that Syriac Alaha is adapted to Arabic Allah doesn’t seem accurate since the word existed in this form before Arabic influence was prominent in the region Classical Syriac was used, and the 2 sources to support this contain erroneous information on the basic pronunciation of the Syriac word (it’s ʾalāhā, not “allaha”) ܐܢܐ (talk) 22:58, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

I've created a gallery at the end of the article with the section for national flags moved into it as a sub-heading, with two other images from other spots in the article added to it. This edit was primarily driven by the fact that all the other sections in the article somehow deal with the linguistic aspects of the word "Allah", making it appropriate to move the one for national flags to the end, and that the images and templates for some sections occupy some space in the sections that follow (although this issue is still present with the images for the subsection on the Malaysian and Indonesian languages). To solve the latter issue, I've tried adjusting the sizes of the images, but that hasn't helped much. I hope future efforts will resolve this problem to a satisfying degree, if the edit doesn't get reverted. MbShm (talk) 16:41, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

One more thing to note: there is a duplicate image in the article, with different captions. MbShm (talk) 16:47, 9 August 2025 (UTC)
I've removed one of the images in the Malaysian and Indonesian languages subsection. It appears to have been moved or deleted. The second issue is largely solved now, I believe. MbShm (talk) 07:48, 10 August 2025 (UTC)