The author says that the Azhar remained silent and neither denied nor confirmed whether Camellia converted to Islam or not and neither did the church. Bahiyy al-Dīn Husīn, general manager of the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, argues that there exist a secret agreement between the religious institutions, Muslim and Christian, and the regime on a blackout in order to protect common interests between the three authorities. This is, according to him, a violation of human rights.