Najīb Jubrā'īl, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights, states that Shaykh Abū Yahyá's claims that Kāmīliyā Shihātah converted to Islam at his hands were false.

Father 'Abd al-Masīh Basīt, professor of defensive theology, says that Abū Yahyá does not have strong evidence for his claims.

Moreover, Mamdūh Nakhlah, a Coptic activist and lawyer, believes that the State Security Agency ordered Abū Yahyá to make such claims to test the reaction of Copts.