Islamabad Hindu Temple
This hadith is an explanation of verse ‘amer bil maroof..’ where maroof and munkar refers to generally accepted norms or law of the land enforced to ensure social interactions between people are just and fair. It’s got nothing to do with rights of God i e faith and worship etc that is matter of citizens personal domains. In addition the scope of the verse and related hadith is limited to one’s own domains. E g as head of family i need to ensure members follow maroof and munkar as the family has defined and agreed. Similarly if i am a head of a state the maroof and munkar will be define through the ‘amro hum shoora bainahum’ process which means the verdict of the majority (not necessarily religion) will prevail. if it’s a muslim majority the maroof o munkar will reflect their understanding of Islam not necessarily the true islam. However, the quality of maroof o munkar will continue improving if freedom of expression and dialogue is ensured and people improve their understand of the truth.
I don’t understand the meaning of “not forcing the deen” .. when Prophet was ordered to kill all those polytheists in Arabia who rejected the truth after he explained them. Coming back to the topic, the crux is : If Muslims consider shirk and polytheism to be evil, then how can they support or even donate money in the evil causes which promote the shirk/idol worship in the society ?
“ The quran is full of verses telling prophet mohammad SW to just convey the message and whether they accept it or not should not be his concern.” If that were the case, God wouldn’t ask Prophet to kill those polytheists who rejected him after completion of proof.
I am asking if Muslims can donate to/organize the pride parade for LGBT citing that homosexuality is fine and even some placards saying Allah approves of homosexuality ? We know what kind of placards are displayed in the LGBT parades, they go against the very idea of what Islam says about the act of homosexuality. According to many Muslim jurists, homosexuality is an evil thing, but lesser evil than idol worship, and I assume both of them are crimes against God.
I think (think) what brother Wadud means is that we should donate and fight for people in the LGBTQ community to have an equal standard of rights (human- I’m not sure about marital) but we would still have ikhtilaaf about their ideology. Shirk is different as it’s not to do with human rights. Of there was persecution of Mushriks we would also campaign
Let’s keep the human rights of LGBT and polytheists for a separate discussion. Let’s only concentrate on the point of : Are Muslims, in their personal capacity, allowed by Islam, to assist/donate money to/help organize the construction of temple or an LGBT pride parade ?
As per my view no- others will disagree