What is the ruling on working on a project funded by a foreign country (the United States of America) to develop the capabilities of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the Educational Center for Research and Development in Lebanon, knowing that the project includes preparing official educational curricula for all subjects, including Philosophy and National Education, which contain Sharia violations?
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The criterion for an action lies in its permissibility or its freedom from religious prohibitions, not in its funding source. If the action involves direct assistance to something forbidden, then it is impermissible. However, if the action is inherently permissible and does not entail aiding something forbidden, then there is no objection to it, even if an foreign entity funds it.
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