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.

Jew Hatred, Israel Hatred: The Chicken or the Egg?

By | 2015-01-11T16:31:10-04:00 January 11th, 2015|Op-Eds|

The famous conundrum “What came first? The chicken, or the egg?” has an analog in today’s world of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism.  What comes first? Anti-Zionism, or anti-Semitism?  My answer is they are both the same thing, so I’ve coined the term anti-ZioSemites.  They’re both Jew-haters.  One just has to understand the context of the specific

#Je Suis Juif (I am a Jew)

By | 2015-01-11T01:04:27-04:00 January 11th, 2015|Op-Eds|

It is time to realize that the Jews are the first line of defense, but it does not stop there.   Four French Jewish hostages, probably shopping for the Sabbath, were killed by Jihadists before the French police stormed the kosher supermarket. The male and female pair of jihadists were demanding the freedom of the

I Fear Being a Writer in Europe

By | 2015-01-10T13:45:55-04:00 January 10th, 2015|Op-Eds|

The terrorists' commando decimated the entire desk of Charlie Hebdo, France's most famous satirical magazine. Twelve people were murdered, including the main editor (pen name "Charb") and four cartoonists. Then the terrorists disappeared.    It happened in the middle of Paris in broad daylight, but it was like Algeria in the '90s, when dozens of

Charlie Hebdo Attack Was Just ‘A Matter of Time’

By | 2015-01-10T13:27:47-04:00 January 10th, 2015|News|

Wednesday's horrific rampage at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris was a "matter of time," the head of France's Terror Victims Association stated Friday.    "Anyone who works in this field [terrorism and security - ed.] knew that a terror attack was on its way - we didn't know where or when, but we

MI5 Busted Three UK Terror Attacks in the Past Month

By | 2015-01-10T13:14:34-04:00 January 10th, 2015|News|

The Syrian Civil War and Wednesday's attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine headquarters in Paris are connected, the head of London's MI5 security agency stated Thursday, saying unchecked Islamism is threatening the West on the large scale.    "We know... that a group of core Al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria is planning mass casualty attacks against

One of the Suspects in Paris Attack Trained in Yemen

By | 2015-01-10T12:45:20-04:00 January 10th, 2015|Reports|

One of the two Paris terror attack suspects recently spent time in Yemen associating with Al-Qaeda in that country, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CNN on Thursday.   Additional information from a French source close to the French security services puts one of the brothers in Syria.   If correct, the travel leads

Who Were the Victims of the Charlie Hebdo Shooting?

By | 2015-01-10T01:58:12-04:00 January 10th, 2015|News|

Twelve people were killed in Wednesday's jihadist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo - five cartoonists, three contributors, a guest at the magazine's editorial conference and a maintenance worker.   Two policemen also died, one officer protecting the magazine's editor and another shot as the gunmen fled. Just who were the victims of

Hate Preacher Abu Hamza Sentenced to Life in Prison

By | 2015-01-09T23:20:33-04:00 January 9th, 2015|News|

A judge in the United States on Friday sentenced British hate preacher Abu Hamza to life behind bars for 11 terrorism and kidnapping convictions, calling his crimes that spanned the globe "evil" and "barbaric", reports AFP.   The hook-handed imam, blind in one eye and a double-hand amputee, became a tabloid bogeyman in Britain for

Straightforward Arab Message, Convoluted Jewish Answers

By | 2015-01-09T22:55:02-04:00 January 9th, 2015|Op-Eds|

The Arab slander and lies are easy for people who don't know the situation to understand. No one is listening to our lengthy explanations.   The main Arab message is clear and simple and everyone can quickly understand it:        We Palestinians are the indigenous people of Palestine who have enjoyed a peaceful