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Pakistani activists of Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Gurdwara Dera Sahib protest against the Dera Sacha Sauda sect in Lahore, 24 May 2007. Sikh priests have rejected an apology from a religious sect for adverts showing its leader dressed as a revered guru which triggered violence in Punjab...

NEW DELHI The president of India's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mr Lal Krishna Advani, has resigned from his post after Hindu hardliners expressed outrage at his praise of Pakistan's founder during a recent visit to Pakistan, party officials said here yesterday...

KOTA BARU Malaysia's hardline Islamic party, Parti Islam Semalaysia (PAS), announced on Friday major reforms to broaden its appeal, and called for former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim (picture) to lead the opposition alliance...

A music teacher at the Silat Road Sikh Temple has been acquitted of molesting a teenage student in his class. After hearing the eight-day trial, District Judge Toh Yung Cheong dismissed the case against Mr Paramjit Singh.The judge said there was inconsistency in the prosecution's case...