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.

Netanyahu Calls Jordan’s Abdullah After Ambassador Returned

By | 2015-02-08T03:12:58-04:00 February 8th, 2015|News|

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Thursday by telephone with Jordanian King Abdullah II, the premier's office said, apparently their first contact since Jordan announced its ambassador was returning to Tel Aviv, reports AFP.   "Prime Minister Netanyahu extended his condolences to the King and to the Jordanian people" over the murder of a Jordanian air

A Look Inside the Mind of ISIS Terrorists

By | 2015-02-08T02:50:49-04:00 February 8th, 2015|News|

The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group has learned from the mistakes of past jihadist movements and established a near-impregnable base of support within Iraq and Syria, with spectacular appeal to many of the world's Sunni Muslims, a new book has warned.   The authors of "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror," published this month in

Amnesty International Condemns Jordan for Executing Terrorists

By | 2015-02-08T01:08:11-04:00 February 8th, 2015|News|

Amnesty International has condemned Jordan for executing Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in "revenge" for the group burning Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh alive on camera.    “The Jordanian authorities are rightly horrified by this utterly reprehensible killing but the response should never be to resort to the death penalty, which itself is the ultimate cruel, inhuman

ISIS Defeats in North Iraq Reveal Evidence of Atrocities

By | 2015-02-08T00:46:59-04:00 February 8th, 2015|News|

(AFP) Dirt-covered skulls and bones scattered among ragged clothing in a ditch in north Iraq are all that remain of some two dozen people believed to have been murdered by the Islamic State terrorist group.     The blood still staining one side of the ditch and the bullet casings scattered on the ground paint

Muslim Scholars Call to ‘Kill and Crucify’ ISIS Terrorists

By | 2015-02-05T12:10:57-04:00 February 5th, 2015|News|

Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious center of learning, has called for the killing and crucifixion of terrorists from the Islamic State group (ISIS), expressing outrage over their murder of a Jordanian pilot.   In a statement after the burning alive of Maaz al-Kassasbeh, the Cairo-based authority called for the "killing, crucifixion and chopping of the

ISIS ‘Held Public Screenings’ of Pilot Being Burned to Death

By | 2015-02-05T11:50:52-04:00 February 5th, 2015|News|

The Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) reportedly broadcast footage of its fighters burning alive a Jordanian pilot in public areas throughout its de-facto capitol of Raqqa in northern Syria.   "Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently" - a group made up of anonymous activists who risk their lives to expose ISIS atrocities in areas under its

Hamas Claims Egypt Opened Fire on its ‘Military Posts’ in Gaza

By | 2015-02-04T22:10:51-04:00 February 4th, 2015|News|

Not only has Egypt been able to expel Gazans from the border with Sinai and demolish their homes and mosques to create a counter-terror buffer zone as the world silently watches, but on Tuesday morning Egyptian troops reportedly opened fire on Hamas "military posts" in Gaza near the border with impugnity.   Reports of the

Obama’s Boys Campaign from Tel Aviv-Ted Cruz Responds

By | 2015-02-04T21:36:35-04:00 February 4th, 2015|Op-Eds|

Obama won't 'interfere in Israel's elections' by meeting Netanyahu, but will interfere in Israel's elections by sending his campaign manager to Israel to work against him. Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Lee Zeldin sent a letter demanding an explanation   The White House is “dismayed,” “displeased,” “angry” over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s upcoming address to Congress.

Jordan executes Sajida al-Rishawi after pilot murder

By | 2015-02-04T15:19:08-04:00 February 4th, 2015|News|

Jordan has executed by hanging a jailed Iraqi woman militant whose release had been demanded by ISIS that burnt a captured Jordanian pilot to death, a security source said on Wednesday.   Responding to the killing of pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh, whose death was announced on Tuesday, the Jordanian authorities also executed another senior al-Qaeda prisoner

Iranian Commander: We Helped ‘Palestine’ Produce Missiles

By | 2015-02-04T14:48:32-04:00 February 4th, 2015|News|

A senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) boasted this week that Iran had provided Syria, Iraq, “Palestine” and Hezbollah with the needed know-how to produce missiles to hurt Israel.   "The IRGC's Aerospace Force has developed to a stage in the field of missile industries that it can mass-produce different types of