I agree with both Avira and Novelty – eastern stuff is quote mainstream, while some marginal Jews may be affected by the local religion. I once encountered a professional contact who was interested in proselytizing. I replied nicely. He then went to another person who is not shomer shabbos and was told away in a less polite way. He was eventually also shun by his co-religionists because he was not fully frum in business matters also.
A story from a MO Rav – a teenager BT asked him regarding Indian dolls that his mother was keeping at home as a momento. They contacted a frum professor on the topic, who looked at picture and marked up which ones are avodah zara mamash. The guy first moved them inside the house to see if mom would notice. She did not, so they brought these to a workshop and had a real smash at it. Some rebbe brought his class to learn halakha l’maase.