Heritage Conservation based on Islamic Perspective. ( Part 2 )

The view that Islam against the heritage conservation should be examined based on Islamic objectives and current realities. Like the destructions of heritage in Muslim countries, this kind of act also are not demonstrates Islamic principles, even they have justified their action for the sake of Islam.
 

For example, their allegation that the remaining heritage exerts the negative impact on Muslim faith is not totally true. Obviously, there are a huge difference between create the statue for idol and preserve the heritage. The first purpose is to make human worship to the sacred object while the later ( heritage conservation ) just an appreciated act of protecting the historical materials.

Over the past decade, the  awareness for heritage conservation emerged all over the world in order to preserve buildings, sites, artifacts of historical significance as mentioned in UNESCO declaration:-

“Considering that protection of this heritage at the national level often remains incomplete because of the scale of the resources which it requires and of the insufficient economic, scientific, and technological resources of the country where the property to be protected is situated”

Thus, to relate the conservation efforts with sacrosanct acts such as what happened to Noah people or Arab pagan communities before the emerging of Islam actually are improper. Those unbelieved people deliberately built the figure as representation of god while the main objective of heritage conservation today is for educational and civilizational purposes.

Admittedly, the existence of heritages site or its material sometime lead to negative impact to religion such as khurafat and bid'ah activities by some ignorant Muslim. However, we can find many alternative methods to avoid these actions rather than destroy our valuable heritages.
 
Basically, The prohibited or permitted acts in Islam are determined between its' positive and negative impact. Thus, the proper approach accord to which side is most affected. Therefore, we should not forbid a matter based on small disadvantages while at the same time we sacrifice many benefits.

To be continues...