Allah is the one and only god in Islam, much like Christianity's and Judaism's. Many Muslims in the US use the words Allah and God interchangeably.
Christians say God.
Judaism is more complicated. There is one god who is conceived of as a being that transcends this world; language, however, is of this world—a human construction. Many Jews use words such as Jehovah and Yaweh, and Adonai in prayer. There's more.
Allah has no physical representation, no icon, unlike Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesh, etc. of Hinduism.
Allah, God, and Yaweh are regarded as 'male' entities, also different from Hindu beliefs in goddesses as well as gods.
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