No.
Allah is a generic Arabic term for "god", and could be applied by Arabic speaking peoples to any god, while Yahweh is the personal name of the God of Christians or Jews (roughly translated "THE EXISTING ONE"), and Brahman is the non-personal God specific to Hinduism and related religions.
To most English-speaking westerners, the term "Allah" is specifically synonymous with the Islamic or Muslim God, who is completely different from both the Christian God and the Hindu God.
Allah, the God of Muslims, claims in the Qur'an to always be just (4:40, also 2:272, 2:281, 3:18, 3:108, etc), yet at times according to the Qur'an, He completely ignores the penalty for sin (4:64, 4:96, 4:100, 4:106, etc), thus making Him unjust. This makes Him both just and unjust at the same time and in the same way. In other words, Allah violates the logical law of non-contradiction. This means that either things can both be and not be at the same time and in the same way, making all knowledge utterly impossible, or else Allah as described in the Qur'an does not exist. Yahweh, on the other hand, does exist and tells us that it is impossible for Him to deny Himself, or to be self-contradictory (2 Timothy 2:13, Hebrews 6:18, Titus 1:2).
Brahman, the ultimate deity of Hindus, is also different from Yahweh. As I understand, under the Brahman deity, time has been going on for an infinite number of cycles, which means that since past time has ended, we have come to the end of infinity. Yet, infinity has no end by definition. Therefore, under Brahman, "infinite" and "not infinite" mean exactly the same thing. In other words, yet again, either Brahman does not exist, or else things can both be and not be at the same time and in the same way, defying the laws of logic and thus making all knowledge absolutely impossible.
Yahweh exists, whereas the other two do not, and only under Yahweh is it possible for reality to be as it is, whereas it would not be possible for reality to be as it is under Allah or under Brahman.
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Allah is the name of the Creator in the Arabic language, used by Muslims, Christians and Jews or anyone else who speaks Arabic. Arabic is a Semitic language, so equivalent counterparts for Allah can be found in one of it's sister languages, Hebrew: El, Eloha or Elohim (which is a plural to represent respect). The term 'Yahweh' is derived from 'YHWH' which is in reference to the Creator, but not a name of His.
Allah tells us in the Qur'an that He sent Prophets and Messengers to varying people, places and languages. Some of them are well known - Muhammad, Jesus, Moses, Abraham, etc. (peace be upon them all)- but there are thousands, tens of thousands even, that we don't know about. All of them preached the same message of worshiping Allah alone, though the rules that each nation was to follow may have differed. But the core message about the Creator was the same: that He is completely unique in His actions and abilities; He is completely unique in His description, names and attributes; He is completely unique in His exclusive right to be worshiped.
That being said, it is quite possible that Allah was called other names in many differing places and languages, while maintaining the proper understanding of Him that was conveyed by His Prophets. However, the only religion that remains upon the proper understanding of God, as conveyed by the Prophets, is Islam.
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As there is no God, the answer of course must be No.
Every God is a creation of the human mind, and thus every God is different. Even the Christian God differs from sect to sect, often even from individual to individual. The same is increasingly true for Muslims. People create God in their own image, believing in the kind of god who embodies what they think is good or what they would like. Consequently, people who enjoy vengeance will believe in a vengeful God, while people who want more forgiveness in the world will believe in a forgiving God. People who hate homosexuals will believe in a God who hates homosexuals, while people who accept homosexuals will believe in a God who accepts them, too. Once upon a time millions of Christians believed in a God who endorsed slavery, because they wanted to keep slaves. And they went to war against millions of Christians who believed in an entirely different God, one who condemned slavery as evil.
Naturalists conclude from all this that in fact there is no God at all, just the gods people invent. Which Religion is True?
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