Gamal says that the general public and Egyptian political forces share a common goal: "reform and change." How could that goal be achieved given the current sectarian polemics regarding recent conversion controversies? Why is this happening and for whose benefit, he asks? He called Bishop Bishoy's comments to Al-Masry Al-Yom "sectarian, incorrect and confrontational" and that such claims are in favor of the Zionist agenda.

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