KOZHOKIDE: A Salafi preacher has lashed out at Muslim organisations for cleaning up temples and offering prayers there as well as in churches during the recent Kerala floods, describing such acts as among the most detested in Islam.Some Muslim organisations had cleaned temples and churches that were submerged in the flood and had held mass prayers inside a church and in a hall attached to a temple.In the September edition of Al Islah magazine, Abdurauf Nadvi, a member of the Salafi group led by Zakkariyya Swalahi, has denounced celebration of these acts of communal amity. He said these acts amounted to associating with 'shirk' (polytheism), which Islam had strictly prohibited."Polytheism and the path leading to it have been strongly discouraged in Islam. How can a Muslim offer prayer at a place where the idols, the cross and the photos of Mary and Christ are installed," Nadvi asked.According to Nadvi, 'shirk' is the gravest sin in Islam, which has been variously described in the religion as that forbids access to heaven and ensures entry to hell. Islam does not provide any relaxation in associating with 'shirk' in any form. Some concessions have been allowed in extreme situations such as threat to life, but no such situations existed in India, he said.A Muslim should establish bonding with those who believe in monotheism and Allah, and dislike those who worship any God other than Allah. This formed the basis of 'thouheed' (the indivisible oneness concept of monotheism) and it had been clearly told in Quran by narrating the example of Prophet Ibrahim in Surat al Mumtahanah, Nadvi said. "How can a Muslim wash and clean the objects of worships that have been declared as enemies by Prophet Ibrahim," he asked.