Is it possible to visit a polytheistic temple and not be involved in idolatry?

Hi Rabbi, I signed up to a visit to a Marae (Maori temple) as part of an initiative from work that I thought was intended to promote culturally sensitive practices. I naively thought it wouldn't involve anything spiritual because it wasn't meant to be a ceremony. Maori are polytheistic. But once I received the agenda the call to summon is a spiritual prayer. I don't want to be involved in idolatry. Is there a way of visiting whilst not taking part? I don't want to cause offence but I definitely don't want to break the Mitzvots.

Shalom!

Thank you for your question.

It is absolutely forbidden to enter a house of idol worship. Idol worship is defined as any religion that does not believe in the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who created the world in six days and rested on the seventh.

It is interesting to note that the Mishnah forbids one from even entering a city in which there is a place of idolatry! However, since it is impossible nowadays to adhere to this prohibition, as virtually every city in the world has places of idol worship, one is permitted to live anywhere. From here, however, what can understand how serious and forbidden entering a place of idol worship really is.