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I would be careful venturing into this minefield. Often, the gods of one religion are the demons of another. This was actually a cause of conflict between ancient Persians and Indians. The Persians worshipped the Asuras as gods and considered the Devas demons. In India, it was the other way around. Many Christians consider Hindu and Buddhist gods demons. Muslims mercilessly slaughter Yazidis for worshipping what they consider to be Satan (the peacock Angel, Melek Taus or Murugan, Shiva's Son). A number of ancient pagan gods were relegated to demon Status in Christianity.
I personally think it is just ignorance and prejudice. Also, I write about this a lot, but Allah comes from Hebrew Eloh, singular form of the plural Elohim, the god(s) of the Bible and the Enuma Elish, in the form of the Anunnaki.
There is also some evidence to suggest, that the god of the Christians (Deus in latin) is actually Zeus, or in other words, Indra. This is where we get our words for Deity, Deist, Theist, Atheist, etc... Worship of Indra-Zeus goes back to Indo-european times when North Indians, Persians and Europeans were the same people, with the same proto-Indo-European language and a common Vedic religion with Indra and Rudra being the most prominent gods.
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