'Abd  al-Hamīd Qutb, director of the Islamic Center for Studies, stressed that Kāmīliyā Shihātah, the wife of Dayr Mawas priest, has converted to Islam and that the church staged demonstrations to press the state.

He stated that he is going to present a report to the public prosecutor to investigate the Kāmīliyā issue now that some news reports confirmed her conversion to Islam.

Qutb called for the testimony of Shaykh Abū Yahyá, who said that he accompanied Kāmīliyā to the Azhar to announce her conversion to Islam.