The management of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has defended its Islamic centre’s advice to cancel an online talk initially scheduled for yesterday that featured Sutra Dance Theatre artistic director Ramli Ibrahim.

UTM said while it thanked Ramli for his initial agreement to deliver a talk as part of its students-led Tun Razak Arts Week, a meeting of the UTM Islamic Centre had deemed the subject of cross-culture dance art as unsuitable.

“This online programme was intended to...