Dr. Ashraf Ramelah

About Dr. Ashraf Ramelah

Dr. Ashraf Ramelah is the founder and president of Voice of the Copts, a human rights nonprofit organization 501 (c) (3). The organization has offices in Italy and the United States. Dr. Ramelah is dedicated to the Coptic cause and believes that his life’s mission is to speak up for the oppressed Copts who cannot speak up for themselves. When he is not meeting with political figures and policy makers, Dr. Ramelah spends his time travelling throughout the country giving talks about the Coptic issue and explaining to the West the oppression against the Copts in Egypt. Dr. Ramelah was invited to address the European Parliament (2010) and to be the keynote speaker in the Italian Parliament (2011) on the issue of Coptic persecution in Egypt. He has done various interviews with Italian newspapers and appears frequently in the Italian and Arab Media. Dr. Ramelah is a featured author at Arutz Sheva, American Thinker, Family Security Matters.com, Canada Free Press and others. Dr. Ramelah is well known to the Egyptian government due to his advocacy for the Egyptian Copts as well as for Voice of the Copts’ lawsuit against them on behalf of Muslim convert to Christianity Mr. Hegazy and his family in 2009-2010. Ashraf Ramelah also appears as an entry in the Coptic History Encyclopedia (http://www.coptichistory.org/new_page_5260.htm). Dr. Ramelah, himself a Copt, was born in Cairo, Egypt. At the age of 17, he travelled to Italy to study architecture. He graduated with a doctorate in architecture from La Sapienza – Universita’ Degli Studi di Roma,Italy. His special study is restoration of old monuments and history of architecture. His career as an architect took him to work and live in Italy, Saudi Arabia, Gabon and the USA. His personal interests are Egyptology and Coptic history in the period after the Arab invasion of Egypt in 651 AD. Voice of the Copts is dedicated to bringing fair, correct and balanced information to the entire world regarding Copts and Christians in countries with an Arab-Muslim majority.

Riyadh Seeks Nuclear Cooperation with South Korea

By | 2015-03-06T17:32:54-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

Leaders of South Korea and Saudi Arabia agreed on Tuesday to look into building more than two small and medium-sized nuclear reactors in Saudi Arabia, wrote the Korea Herald. The projects may be worth as much as $2 billion.   During summit talks, President Park Geun-hye and King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud discussed ways “to

Will Egypt Go for its Own Nuclear Weapon?

By | 2015-03-06T14:40:20-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

Egypt has seen two major upheavals in the last four years - the Arab Spring overthrew Hosni Mubarak in 2011, then saw its Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated president toppled in a coup d’état by General, now President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.   President Sisi last week concluded a preliminary agreement with Russia to build a new nuclear reactor

UNESCO: ISIS Antiquities Destruction in Iraq a ‘War Crime’

By | 2015-03-06T14:18:17-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

The head of UNESCO condemned on Friday the destruction of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq by the Islamic State group, saying it amounted to a "war crime."    "I condemn with the strongest force the destruction of the site at Nimrud," Irina Bokova said in a statement.   She said she had

Car Terror Attack Near Border Police Base in Jerusalem

By | 2015-03-06T13:29:51-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

ZAKA reported Friday morning that a rampage terror attack occurred at about 10:00 am near the Border Patrol's base in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood in Jerusalem.    A police statement clarified that the Arab terrorist attack was conducted in a private car that approached the base from Zaks Junction before going up on the sidewalk

Al-Arabiya Editor Demands Obama Listen to Netanyahu

By | 2015-03-06T02:16:33-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

Al-Arabiya's English edition editor-in-chief Faisal J. Abbas wrote a surprising op-ed on Tuesday, calling on US President Barack Obama to listen to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after the latter addressed Congress on the dangers of an Iran nuclear deal being formulated.   Abbas, whose paper is openly anti-Israel and Saudi-owned, began by scornfully conceding "it

‘One Iranian Nuke, 3 Million Dead Israelis’

By | 2015-03-06T01:49:14-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

Following upon a report in a Kuwaiti newspaper, that US President Barack Obama threatened to shoot down IAF jets en route to Iran if Israel tried to attack the nuclear infrastructure there – a report later denied by the White House – Arutz Sheva's Mark Langfan stated on NewsmaxTV's Steve Malzberg show Monday: “You can’t

Hamas Leader: We’ll Respond to Egypt as We Do to Israel

By | 2015-03-06T01:16:37-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

Days after a court in Egypt declared Hamas a terrorist organization, one of its leaders on Monday issued a threat against Cairo.   The leader, Salah Bardawil, declared that Hamas will not allow the Egyptian regime to touch the Palestinian people and will react to any aggression in the same way it reacts to Israel.

Saudi Arabia: Columnist Stands with Netanyahu, Slams Obama

By | 2015-03-06T00:25:37-04:00 March 6th, 2015|News|

A look at Saudi Arabia's news media shows that the Persian Gulf monarchy stands squarely behind Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's efforts Tuesday in Congress.   In an article in Monday's edition of the Saudi daily Al-Jazirah (no relation to the Qatar-based television network), columnist Dr. Ahmad Al-Faraj comes out strongly against U.S. President Barack Obama.

Explosion in Cairo Kills Two, Wounds Nine

By | 2015-03-05T23:46:13-04:00 March 5th, 2015|News|

Two people were killed and nine wounded, including seven policemen, in a bomb explosion on Monday outside the Egyptian supreme court in Cairo, AFP reported.   Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar told the news agency that a 22-year-old man "died of injuries sustained in his backbone" in the attack.   Another man, aged 24,

ISIS Executes Sunni Tribesmen Ahead of Tikrit Offensive

By | 2015-03-05T23:01:11-04:00 March 5th, 2015|News|

The Islamic State jihadist group released a video on Monday in which four Sunni tribesmen from the Tikrit region are executed for allegedly collaborating with the government.   The video was released on the day some 30,000 government forces launched a huge operation to retake Tikrit, which the jihadists have controlled for almost nine months.