actually, I'd never understand what's with the controvesy over a
single word .......
the most ironic thing is that all the judeo-abrahamic religions
are worshipping the same god .....
it's like little kids quarrelling over whether dad likes to be
called papa or daddy .... 
I wrote about this earlier this morning in this thread....
timestamp 9.25 am....
They don't seem to realize that Middle Eastern Christians refer
to God as Allah.... and as one of the PAS heads has pointed out
(same as you), all followers of the Abrahamic religions may refer
to God as Allah....
And really, as Marina Mahathir has pointed out, if this little
point were to shake the beliefs of some Muslims, then it just goes
to show that they never strongly held onto their beliefs to begin
with.
Since up north, they have to refer to hamburgers as
beefburgers, and halal bak kut teh
cannot exist, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that a small
matter of semantics can lead to all this nonsense.
Anyway, the cynic in me says that even if the arsonists are
caught, fifty ringgit will set them free...