There is a tree in my town on which amulets and offerings are hung. Is it permissible for me to burn it in order to change what is wrong?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there is a tree in my town to which people make journeys and on which they hang amulets and offerings, and there are many like it. Is it permissible for me to burn it, knowing that if I am caught, I might be harmed and imprisoned? Is leaving it alone considered silence in the face of what is wrong?

Answer:
As for you removing the tree, this is not possible unless you have authority. If you have authority, you remove it with your own hand. But if you do not have authority, then you call to the oneness of Allah (tawhid), you forbid associating partners with Allah (shirk), and you clarify that this tree neither harms nor benefits. If they accept from you, praise be to Allah. If they do not accept, then you have fulfilled what is required of you. You must call to Allah, and as for removing it, that requires authority. Yes.