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.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Vow War on Israel After Airstrike

By | 2015-01-24T17:52:28-04:00 January 24th, 2015|News|

Iranian officials repeatedly broadcast daily threats toward Israel following the attack carried out last week in Syria, which killed six Iranian soldiers, including commanders, as well as six members of Hezbollah.   Gen. Hossein Salami, deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards, said Israel should expect a strong reaction against it, as proven in the past

Turkey to Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By | 2015-01-24T17:29:02-04:00 January 24th, 2015|News|

For the first time, Turkey will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, scheduled for next Tuesday.   The English-language Turkish BGNNews reported on Thursday that a ceremony marking the day will be held at the Bilkent University in Ankara and will be attended by the chairman of the Turkish Parliament, Cemil Çiçek.   The program will

Pentagon Estimates 6,000 Jihadists Have Been Killed

By | 2015-01-24T17:14:23-04:00 January 24th, 2015|News|

The United States believes it has killed about 6,000 jihadists in its air strikes against the Islamic State (ISIS) group, defense officials said Thursday, according to AFP.   Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel, however, warned against resorting to "body counts" to measure progress in the war.   The estimate of how many ISIS fighters had been

Fatah Lauds Tel Aviv Stabbing as ‘Self-Sacrificing Operation’

By | 2015-01-24T02:14:46-04:00 January 24th, 2015|News|

An Arab terrorist from Tulkarem in Samaria stabbed at least 12 people on a bus in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, and the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas lost no time warping it into a "self-sacrificing operation."   Fatah referred to the terrorist attack, which left three critically wounded, as an amaliya

Israel Targeted Iranian General after Tapping Phone Call

By | 2015-01-24T02:02:23-04:00 January 24th, 2015|Reports|

The alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria this week which killed twelve Hezbollah and Iranian terrorists was not an "accident," a Kuwaiti newspaper reports Thursday - it was a targeted strike carried out after Israel monitored Hezbollah's communications network.    Israeli intelligence officials knew an hour and a half in advance of the strikes which terrorists

US Gives $6 Million to Syria Opposition Government

By | 2015-01-23T13:52:24-04:00 January 23rd, 2015|News|

Syria's opposition interim government said Thursday it had received $6 million from the United States in the first direct US financial support for the rebel body.   The money is for development and relief projects in "areas liberated by the moderate Syrian opposition," it said in a statement, including food deliveries, public services and supporting

Hamas’s Deif Tells Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: Let’s Join Forces

By | 2015-01-23T13:29:28-04:00 January 23rd, 2015|News|

Muhammad Deif, leader of Hamas's military wing, published a letter Thursday morning sending his condolences to Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah.    The Al-Qassam Brigades chief commander has not been seen publicly since Operation Protective Edge last summer, in which he was reported to have been killed.    In the letter published on the Hezbollah-affiliated

In Iraq, ISIS Leaves Behind Hidden Explosives

By | 2015-01-23T12:37:48-04:00 January 23rd, 2015|News|

Islamic State terrorists sow death long after they depart, and as Iraqi Kurdish forces regain ground, they - and the civilians returning to their homes - face the threat of unexploded bombs and booby traps.   "These people were very imaginative, like devils," said Marwan Sydo Hisn, a Kurdish bomb disposal expert currently based in