SRINAGAR: Mutahida Majlis‑e‑Ulema (MMU), the apex coalition of Muslim clerics and non secular organisations in Kashmir headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has voiced robust concern over what it describes as an unprecedented and deeply intrusive information‑assortment train being carried out by the police throughout the Valley.

In an announcement issued right here on Tuesday, the MMU mentioned it had acquired credible reviews that police personnel had been circulating in depth multi‑web page varieties to mosques, madrasas, and different Muslim locations of worship. These varieties, it mentioned, search extremely private and delicate info from imams, khateebs, mosque directors, and people related to non secular establishments.

Based on the MMU, the varieties demand particulars similar to private identification and household particulars, monetary information, cellphone numbers and IMEI information, digital and social‑media profiles, passport info and journey historical past and ideological affiliation of every mosque — Barelvi, Hanafi, Deobandi, or Ahle‑Hadith. It mentioned that such scale and nature of the knowledge being sought has triggered widespread nervousness amongst non secular students, mosque committees, and most people.

The MMU asserted that the train “violates elementary rights, together with the appropriate to privateness and safety of private info assured beneath the Structure.” It emphasised that mosques are sacred areas devoted to worship, steering, and group service, and “their inner non secular affairs can’t be subjected to arbitrary surveillance or intrusive scrutiny.”

The assertion additional argued that the depth of information being collected “goes far past any routine administrative requirement,” elevating critical considerations in regards to the intent behind the train. The MMU mentioned the unique concentrate on Muslim non secular establishments in Jammu and Kashmir “makes the motives much more questionable.”

Calling for speedy intervention, the MMU urged the elected authorities to halt the method immediately. It warned that such measures erode belief, instill worry amongst non secular functionaries, and ship a troubling message to the Muslim group. “Concentrating on mosques and non secular personnel on this method is unjustified, counter‑productive, and detrimental to social concord,” it mentioned.

The MMU appealed to the Lieutenant Governor–led administration to withdraw the info‑assortment drive, respect the autonomy of spiritual establishments, and uphold constitutional ensures of spiritual freedom, privateness, and human dignity. It added that it’s going to quickly convene a gathering of its constituent our bodies and senior non secular leaders to deliberate on the problem and decide the longer term plan of action ought to the train proceed.