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.

Arab League Refuses to Recognize Israel as Jewish State

By | 2014-12-02T14:26:08-04:00 December 2nd, 2014|News|

The Arab League on Saturday backed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's plan to seek UN endorsement for a timetable for declaring an independent state, and rejected recognizing Israel as a Jewish nation, AFP reports Saturday.   But the extraordinary meeting of Arab foreign ministers, which Abbas attended, did not announce when they would approach

Hamas Threatens ‘Holy War’ Over Jewish State Law

By | 2014-12-02T13:47:59-04:00 December 2nd, 2014|News|

Hamas has an opinion on the 'Jewish State Law' making rounds in the Knesset, Channel 2 reports Tuesday - claiming that the law could provoke a "holy war."    "The law sounds an alarm regarding Israel's ambitions in the region, and threatens to bring about a religious war," Hamas representatives in Gaza threatened Sunday.   

UN Chief: More Countries Will Recognize ‘Palestine’

By | 2014-12-02T13:10:47-04:00 December 2nd, 2014|News|

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicted on Monday that the “momentum” of countries recognizing the “state of Palestine” will grow.   Ban, who spoke before a UN committee on Palestinian rights, urged Israel and the Palestinian Authority to "step back from the brink" and return to peace talks.   "The Israeli and Palestinian people face

Abbas Condemned Massacre ‘for Diplomacy’

By | 2014-12-02T08:56:50-04:00 December 2nd, 2014|News|

A Fatah MP has explained that Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas' condemnation of the massacre of five Jews in a Jerusalem synagogue was uttered for diplomatic purposes, reported Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) Sunday.   The MP explained to Quds Net News Agency that Abbas' movement Fatah "justified the statements of the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas,

26-Year-Old Woman is ISIS’s Last American Captive

By | 2014-12-02T08:09:44-04:00 December 2nd, 2014|News|

Following Islamic State's (ISIS) brutal murder of Peter Kassig, documented in a horrific video circulated Sunday, a 26-year-old female aid worker is the last of the terror organization's American prisoners.    The information comes from current and former United States officials, as well as individuals involved in efforts to free American prisoners from ISIS's clutches,

Anti-Semitic PA TV Show Claims Jews ‘Brought Tragedy to Europe’

By | 2014-12-02T07:53:56-04:00 December 2nd, 2014|Media|

Palestinian Authority (PA) official television has presented a documentary-style film which rewrites history, Palestinian Media Watch revealed Monday, by claiming that the Jews were expelled from Europe for being "corrupt" and bringing "tragedy" on the Continent.   {youtube}c68rrLeFzdY{/youtube}   "Faced with the Jews' schemes, Europe could not bear their character traits, monopolies, corruption, and their

Italy’s illegal immigration: What can we do?

By | 2014-12-01T22:43:19-04:00 December 1st, 2014|Press Releases|

Italy’s illegal immigration: What can we do?     December 13, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Rome (Italy) at Genuensis Association – 217 Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, first floor -- a Voice of the Copts conference on mass illegal immigration now facing Italy.    10:00 a.m. Introduction Dr. Piero Antonio Cau, Moderator   10:10 a.m.

Pope Supports ‘Dialogue’ With ISIS

By | 2014-12-01T08:54:58-04:00 December 1st, 2014|News|

Despite warnings that the brutal terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) is targeting Pope Francis for assassination, the pope on Tuesday came out in favor of "dialogue" with the group that has committed countless atrocities while conquering large parts of Syria and Iraq.   Such dialogue is "almost impossible," conceded the pope, although he said "I

Obama Pushing Saudi-Iranian Normalization for Nuclear Deal

By | 2014-12-01T08:32:54-04:00 December 1st, 2014|News|

As talks on Iran's nuclear program reach their deadline today, and amid indications that America is trying to extend the talks yet again, new reports reveal that US President Barack Obama is urging Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with rival Iran in yet another sign of the White House's softly-softly approach to Iran.   According