Max is making nice to god, in the form of Allah. [No, Max is not Allah, that would be interesting but problematic. Max is just being nice] I disagree on principle, not as regards Allah, but the gods in general.
Faith rarely leads to clarity of thought, on issues of morality or anything else. Poetry yes, but not clarity. It's like booze. Just because it's fun, and made on occasion by men, and women, of great skill, doesn't mean you should drink and drive.