The outcry over a non-Muslim top executive at a company tasked to run the Integrated Manasik Monitoring System (Imams) had "nothing to do" with an overnight decision made to cancel it, Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Abdul Aziz said today.

"No, nothing to do," Nazri told Malaysiakini via a text message from Germany, where he is on a working visit.

"I decided to cancel it because I  don't agree with (the fee of) RM90, and because it was announced as compulsory. That's all," he said when asked whether the decision was made following concerns that Imams Sdn Bhd had a non-Muslim chief operating officer.