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.

Sisi: The Fight Against Terror Needs New Muslim Discourse

By | 2015-01-20T23:41:14-04:00 January 20th, 2015|News|

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday said the fight against "terrorism" needs a new Muslim religious discourse in addition to security and military measures, AFP reported.   "The rise in terrorism... requires a thoughtful response from the international community," Sisi told the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.   "The fight must not

Iranian General Among Dead in IAF Golan Strike

By | 2015-01-20T23:19:53-04:00 January 20th, 2015|News|

An Israeli strike on Syria that killed six members of the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah terrorist organization also killed six Iranian solders and commanders, including an Iranian general.   "The Israeli strike killed six Iranian soldiers, including commanders, as well as the six members of Hezbollah. They were all in a convoy of three cars," a source

In Court, Morsi Launches Tirade Against Successor Sisi

By | 2015-01-20T22:29:42-04:00 January 20th, 2015|News|

Ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi on Sunday testified for the first time in his espionage trial, and launched a tirade against his successor whom he accused of removing him in a "coup", AFP reported.   Morsi was toppled by former army chief and now President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in July 2013 after mass protests demanding

Yaalon: What was Hezbollah Doing in Syria?

By | 2015-01-20T17:56:04-04:00 January 20th, 2015|News|

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon refused to say anything Sunday eveing about the reported IAF strike in the Syrian Golan that killed Jihad Mughniyeh, a senior Hezbollah man whose father, Imad Mughniyeh, was also assassinated by Israel.   However, Yaalon did respond to the reports from Hezbollah about the incident, and said that they contradicted Hezbollah's

Kerry and Hammond to Hold Meeting on ISIS

By | 2015-01-20T17:30:01-04:00 January 20th, 2015|News|

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will host a meeting in London on Thursday of members of the coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) group, officials said Saturday, according to AFP.   The one-day talks will involve foreign ministers from about 20 countries, including Arab states, to discuss progress

3,000 in Turkey Linked to ISIS

By | 2015-01-20T16:42:07-04:00 January 20th, 2015|Reports|

Around 3,000 people in Turkey are believed to be linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group, a Turkish intelligence report said on Saturday, warning of possible attacks by extremists.     The report called for enhanced surveillance of the 3,000 people, including identifying their rank within the extremist group or whether they were active

Egypt’s Al-Azhar Institute: The key to ending terror or the reason for it?

By | 2015-01-20T14:59:56-04:00 January 20th, 2015|Op-Eds|

Just one month before the Paris massacre of Charlie Hebdo and his staff, the prestigious Sunni Muslim Al-Azhar Institute organized and held a conference at its headquarters in Cairo to address worldwide terrorism. It was entitled, "Al-Azhar in the face of extremism and terrorism." After two full days of discourse focused on the ISIS (Islamic

What al-Sisi Didn’t say at Al-Azhar University

By | 2015-01-20T04:54:34-04:00 January 20th, 2015|Op-Eds|

Once Islam led the world in intellectual and cultural activity, as well as economic and military power. Then it closed its doors.   In an extraordinary speech (translated on Raymond Ibrahim’s blog and virtually unnoticed by the world media) delivered on New Year’s Day by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the religious imams of

Obama Reiterates: I Will Veto New Sanctions on Iran

By | 2015-01-20T04:28:21-04:00 January 20th, 2015|News|

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday reiterated once again that he will veto proposed bipartisan legislation to impose new sanctions on Iran so long as diplomatic negotiations over a nuclear deal remain underway.   "I will veto a bill that comes to my desk," Obama said in response to a question from ABC News at

Turkish PM: Israel’s ‘Provocations’ Cause Muslim Radicalization

By | 2015-01-20T04:06:46-04:00 January 20th, 2015|News|

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is not letting up with his verbal attacks against Israel.   A day after he said that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had committed crimes against humanity comparable to those behind the Paris attacks, Davutgolu on Friday accused his Israeli counterpart of terrorism and further said that Israeli "provocations" such as