Ashraf Ramelah
Lawyer Appeals to Mubarak to Speed Up Constitutional Court's Decision Affecting Fate of 2800 Christian 'Reverts'
The noted human rights lawyer El-Naggar, has sent an urgent Appeal to President Mubarak, to intervene in speeding up a session date for the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) to give its ruling on the constitutionality of Article 47 of the civil affairs law, and consequently decide the fate of previous rulings in favor of Christian reverts in what is known as “re-conversion” case
Female Coptic Lawyer Assaulted for Third Time by Muslim Brotherhood Lawyers Episodes of a Mafia Saga!!!
For the third time within a week, the female 25-year-old, Coptic lawyer Mervat Ragy has been assaulted by Muslim Brotherhood lawyers, in a bid to silence her for exposing the complicity between the police and the MB lawyers....
Christians must show world that unity is possible, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- United in their baptism and their faith in Jesus, Christians have an obligation to show the world that differences in language and culture do not have to lead to division and violence, Pope Benedict XVI said....
Broadcast Angers Muslims!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOUTHFIELD -- Muslims and interfaith leaders in Metro Detroit are asking a local radio station owner to discontinue broadcasts in which, they say, a Coptic priest has repeatedly defamed the Prophet Muhammad over the past year....
Has the Coptic Pope been HIjacked????
Less than 24 hours ago, I published an article in which I pointed out my suspicions concerning some information about Pope Shendoa III travelling to USA. This morning, a confirmation to my suspicions arrived from “Al Masary Al Youm “Egyptian news paper. My question now is: Did the Coptic Pope and his Church been hijacked?????? ...
Copts Between an Islamic Government and Their Own Church
Throughout its history, Egypt has always been the ambition of foreign invaders. In fact, Egypt was invaded several times, by different occupiers and for different periods. However, the worst one of them all, was the Arab occupation of Coptic Egypt, from the 7th century until our present day....
Bishop Gives Security Authorities Two Options: Return the Missing Girl or Face Demonstrations
Police Promised To Return Handicapped Coptic Girl Within 24 Hours...
Sectarian Tensions After the Disappearance of a Coptic Handicapped Girl
Bishop Warns: Security Authorities' Discriminatory Attitude Threatens Social Sacredness!...
One voice, One body in Christ, serving the Coptic Cause...
Dear fellow Copts; On the occasion of Mr. Mubarak's coming visit to the United State of America, Voice of the Copts would like to schedule a one-day meeting with the Coptic leaders and activists....
Two Muslim Brotherhood Lawyers Maliciously Assault a Coptic Female Lawyer and Tore her Clothes Off Before the Court in Upper Egypt!!!
Lawyer taken to hospital in a serious condition, attackers not arrested!!! Sister Accuses Police and Prosecutors of Complicity!...
Italy to ban demos in front of places of worship
Italy is to introduce far-reaching restrictions on where demonstrations can be held after a row over recent protests by Muslims outside cathedrals in Rome, Milan and Bologna, Italian newspaper reported Thursday. ...
"Sawiris" calls on Liberals to Support the Government Against the "Muslim Brotherhood" and Underlines that the Government is Still Living Under the Mantle of "Nasser"
Engineer Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orascom Telecoms, called on the liberal political forces to support the government against the "Muslim Brotherhood", stressing that the government alone will not be able to defeat them....
Egyptain Police Demolishes Fencing Surrounding Copts' Land For Fear of Donation to Church!!!
9 Copts Detained, 3 Wounded, Cattle Dead, Due to Police Using Tear Gas Towards Copts Church Disapproves of Police Action and Infringements on Copts' and Their Properties...
Urgent Action: Anti-Conversion Bill Presented to Sri Lankan Parliament
We received and published the following letter....
Egyptian authorities practice discrimination against the Copts
Last Ramadan (the Muslim fasting month) the Egyptian police attacked assaulted and beaten up six Coptic Christian brothers who operate a cafe across the street from the criminal court in the city of Port Said. ...
Mubarak Instead of Calling President Obama to resolve the Palestinian Issue, Let's call President Obama to resolve Egyptian Freedom Religion Issue
Martha (formerly Zainab) Still Imprisoned Due to Lack of Religious Freedom in Egypt...
Mubarak Calls on Obama to Give Priority to the Palestinian Issue
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sent a message of congratulations to U.S. President Barack Obama, in which he called on him to give "the Palestinian issue an urgent priority."...
Saudi authorities have arrested the 28-year-old blogger
According to the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information ...
US State Department Report: Egypt Is a Transit Country for Human Trafficking
Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud Shawki, the head of the international association to counter cybercrime in Paris, said that, according to the US State Department report on child trafficking for 2008, Egypt is a transit country for Eastern Europe, Russia and Israel, where children are sexually exploited....
Pope Shenouda Orders to Hand Rosetta Church to a Counselor
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III ordered to empty and hand the building of an orthodox church in Rosetta to Counselor Mohamed Mustafa Tiranli (Cairo Criminal Court) to implement a ruling handed down by Rosetta Court by more or less a year. ...Saudi activists liken child marriages to slavery
The controversy over legalizing a minimum age for marriage in Saudi Arabia continued as members of parliament and human rights activists likened marrying minor girls to the slave trade, local press reported Sunday....
Without a Bag of Fruit or Even a Watermelon an Egyptian Government Commission Visits Copts in Canada and America to Prepare the Ground for Mubarak's Visit to Obama
This article is the translation from Arabic into English for the same published in our Italian/Arabic home page. Translation is made by A dedicated voice of the Copts’ member ....
Open letter to President Barack Hussein Obama
Mr. Barak Hussein Obama New president of United States of America Mr. President; Less than twenty-four hours of your installation, herewith please find my open sent you after your election. ...
Indonesian imam calls for jihad, Pope for prayer
One of Indonesia's famous imams urged Muslims from the world's fourth most populous Muslim country Sunday to take up jihad in Gaza as Pope Benedict urged people around the world to pray to "end the tragedy" that has killed hundreds of "innocent victims."...
Saudi mufti okays marriage for 10 year old girls
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti okayed marriage for girls starting at age 10 and criticized those who want to raise the legal marriageable age, according to news reports....
Voice Of the Copts Send a Letter to European Parliament Members
Dear European Parliament Member; For the last year Voice of the Copts has tried hard to keep you aware of incidents taking place in Egypt against the Coptic Christian minority. ...
Coptic Martyrs Blood Still Crying Out For Justice Nine Years Later (7) - Reasons Behind It
In the previous article I have mentioned that in the two months of December 1999 and January 2000, both Copts and Muslims were preparing to celebrate their holidays....
Voice Of the Copts support the Nomination of Coptic Pope to Nobel Prize 2009
A few months ago, an Egyptian Human Right Organization known as “Front of the Million” started a campaign for the nomination of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III for the Nobel Peace Prize....Reflections on the Visit of His Exellency Ambassador Sameh Shoukry
It was a pleasure for the congregation receiving H.E. Ambassador Shoukry and the senior staff of the Egyptian Embassy. The meeting was very cordial and amiable. ...
Egyptian Human Rights Organization mandated to Report on the Religious Plight of Copts
An important official authority has mandated Dr.Naguib Gibraeel, President of the "Egyptian Union" of Human Rights Organization, to write a report on the religious state of affairs of the Christians in Egypt. It is to include all occurrences against the Copts over the last ten years, as well as the most important laws and decisions taken during that period, whether positive or negative....
Christian Girls Drugged and Sold As Sex Slaves in Pakistan
The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has learned that two Christian girls in Pakistan have finally been rescued after two Muslim men kidnapped them two months ago, raped them repeatedly, forcibly converted them to Islam, and sold them to other men as sex slaves....
Coptic Church to Nominate Pope Shenouda for Nobel Peace Prize
The Egyptian Orthodox Church welcomed a proposal by the expatriate Copts to nominate Pope Shenouda III for the Nobel Peace Prize. ...
El – Kosheh Appeal Case in Court !!!!!!!!
Attorney Mamdouh Azmy to represent the Coptic victims of El-Kosheh before the Court on 20.1.2009, in the compensation suit filed against the Egyptian Minister of Interior....The Crime of Adultery
Discriminatory Laws Between Muslims and non-Muslim Punishment of Offender Committing Adultery in a Muslim Home and Permitting the Act in a non-Muslim Home...
Egyptian police 'crucify' and rape Christians
During our research for information regarding the tragedy of El- Kosheh, we found an interesting article written by Christina Lamb. The article was published on Sunday October 25th 1998 on Telegraph.co.uk. Voice of the Copts is posting this article in memory of all those who were killed in Egypt and elsewhere for their faith. ...
Coptic Martyrs Blood Still Crying Out For Justice Nine Years Later (6) - Inside the Massacre
Although, the killing of twenty one Copts could not be considered mass murder by any measure, as this number of people could be easily die in any road traffic accident anywhere. However, “El-Kosheh’s” massacre, or slaughter, as some wish to call it, had different reasons to an overturned bus or a train accident. Such aspects and motivations were reflected upon in the last five reports published in the last weeks....Separation of Religious Rule from the State and Guarantee of Rights of Religious Freedom in the Middle East
We, the undersigned, resolve that the right of all individuals to freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief is fundamental to achieving true democracy. This right is articulated in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights...
Coptic Martyrs Blood Still Crying Out For Justice Nine Years Later (5) - The Massacre
On January 7th, the Coptic Church in Egypt celebrates Christmas. Out of respect to the memory of those who lost their lives and those who lost their dear ones in that barbaric attack, I decided to stop "El-Kosheh" reports until after the holidays....
El Kosheh's Coptic Bishop Wissa interviewed by Kerry Kennedy
On May 9, 1999, the interior minister dropped the investigation and authorities then arrested Wissa and charged him with defamation and other criminal offenses. Bishop Wissa’s trial is not yet over, and his courage in speaking out against discrimination and injustice deserves universal support. ...
Imposing JIZYA on Christians to address poverty!!!
Dr. Amani Tawfiq, Professor at Mansoura (Egypt) University: "If Egypt wants to slowly but surely get out of its economic situation and address poverty in the country, the Jizya (head or poll tax that early Islamic rulers demanded from their non-Muslim subjects) has to be imposed on the Copts," declared in a press statement by a university professor, who is supposed to be in the highest of levels of the educated society, and who is also expected to be a civilized person due to her educational position....
Coptic Martyrs Blood Still Crying Out For Justice Nine Years Later (4)
Reaching the fourth part of "El -Kosheh" tragedy, we still did not find a concrete answer to the main question, who was behind what was going on in Egypt? In order to understand how an event likes that of January 2, 2000 could happen; one has to speculate about many contributing factors, mainly:...
No Permit for a Coptic Church, but No Problem for Public School to be a Mosque!!!
The Director of Orman Secondary School for Girls, in Giza near Cairo, has converted the school, without any permission, into a religious institute....
Emanuel 4 years prays: "Papa Jesus let my Mummy get out and heal her"
Original article in Arabic by Rasha Noor,translated into English by Voice of the Copts. ...
Coptic Martyrs Blood Still Crying Out For Justice Nine Years Later (3)
In the past two articles, I tried to explain to our readers what happened in “El-Kosheh”, in 1998, when two copts were murdered, and how the Egyptian law enforcement authorities completely mishandled the matter, causing new, and very intense tensions between Copts and Muslims....
Further Human Rights Abuse Against Martha to Revert to Islam
The security authorities are continuing their pressure on Martha to revert to Islam. State prosecution had on Tuesday 30.12.2008 renewed detention of Martha Samuel (24) for a further 15 days pending investigation....President of Al-Azhar University: Vatican and the Secular West Target Islam
Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, President of Al-Azhar University, criticized what he called the role played by the Vatican in the continuous attack on Islam and the Muslims, and its efforts to destabilize the roots of the Islamic civilization....
Coptic Martyrs Blood Still Crying Out For Justice Nine Years Later (2)
When reflecting on the events and circumstances which surrounded the massacre of "El-Kosheh", in the middle of 1989 (link below), one could summarize the prevailing situation in the following points:...
Director of Security says: Go Look for Toddler Parthenia, Tell Us Where She Is, and We Will Get Her!!!
The Security of Gharbia district is an "accomplice" in not returning toddler Parthenia to her mother before the Orthodox Christmas on 7th January....Author info
Ashraf Ramelah