The Malaysian National Sikhs Movement (Geraksikh) today urged Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) to sack the person responsible for the "erroneous" slides used to teach students about Sikhism and Hinduism.

Urging for a public apology, Geraksikh also lodged a police report at the Ipoh police headquarters over "factual errors" on Sikhism, published in UTM's module.

A slide bearing UTM's logo circulating online showed that students were taught that Sikhism's founder had borrowed elements from Islam, but he had a shallow understanding of the religion.

"The Malaysian Sikhs are upset with the move by UTM seen trying to change the history or dilute the facts on the foundation of Sikhism, especially to students in this country.

"This is utterly wrong," Geraksikh secretary-general Amarjit Singh Gill said in a statement.

He said any future modules on religion should be vetted by historical experts, including those who practise the religion in question, he said.

UTM yesterday promised Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan it would rectify the slides.

The slides were for the Tamadun Islam and Tamadun Asia (Titas) subject, compulsory for all undergraduates in public universities.

Earlier, Malaysia Hindu Dharma Mamandram also lodged a report against UTM over its teaching module.