SIKHS took to the streets of Birmingham demanding police protection from "Muslim extremism".
About 100 protesters chanted and held up traffic as they marched from Soho Road, in Handsworth, to West Midlands Police headquarters at Lloyd House over allegations that young Sikh girls were being forced to convert to Islam.
The group's leaders held talks with senior police officers over the issue while the protesters waited peacefully outside.
The issue came to light after claims a teenage Sikh student was allegedly forced to denounce her faith and become a Muslim.
She was placed under police protection after an armed gang smashed their way into a house in Erdington last month and threatened the occupants, apparently in search of her.
The girl, thought to be a student at Sutton Coldfield College, was reported missing from her family home in West Bromwich a few days earlier.
Concerns were expressed that she was being held against her will and was being forced to convert to Islam.
Police said at the time that she had been placed in protection, and was safe and well.
