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.

Egypt Charges Morsi With Endangering National Security

By | 2014-09-12T15:30:32-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

Egypt on Saturday charged ousted president Mohammed Morsi and several other people with endangering national security by leaking state secrets and sensitive documents to Qatar, Reuters reported.   Security sources had said last month that Egypt was investigating the ousted Muslim Brotherhood president in connection with documents they said were leaked to Qatar and its

Al-Shabaab Names New Leader, Threatens Enemies

By | 2014-09-12T15:15:01-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

The Somali Al-Shabaab terrorist group confirmed on Saturday that its leader Ahmed Godane had been killed in a U.S. airstrike this week and named a new leader, Reuters reported.   U.S. forces struck Godane's encampment in south-central Somalia with Hellfire missiles and laser-guided munitions on Monday, but the Pentagon did not confirm his death until

Middle East Expert: ‘Fight Islam Like Nazism’

By | 2014-09-12T12:30:51-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

Middle East studies expert Dr. David Bukay of the University of Haifa ridicules intelligence experts trying to downplay the danger posed by the extremist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), which has captured large swathes of Iraq and Syria in recent months.   Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Bukay explained "today they have nearly 20,000 fighters;

Pentagon Confirms Al-Shabaab Leader Killed in Airstrike

By | 2014-09-12T11:25:23-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

The Pentagon confirmed on Friday that Ahmed Abdi Godane, leader of the Somali Al-Shabaab terrorist group, was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Somalia this week, Reuters reported.   "We have confirmed that Ahmed Godane, the co-founder of Al-Shabaab, has been killed," Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon's press secretary, said in a statement.  

Canadians Held US Journalists Hostage in Syria

By | 2014-09-12T11:07:11-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

At least three Canadians who joined Islamic State (IS; formerly known as ISIS) and other Al Qaeda-offshoot groups in Syria were directly involved in abducting and interrogating two US journalists, CBC News confirmed earlier this week.   Sources told the Canadian news outlet that the three took part in the imprisonment of Theo Curtis and

Hamas: We’ll Demilitarize if Israel Does

By | 2014-09-12T01:29:53-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

Hamas is not willing to discuss the possibility of demilitarizing weapons from its "military wing," the Al-Qassam Brigades, or other Palestinian terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza, one of its leaders announced Friday.    In his first Friday sermon after the war, Ismail Haniyeh, the deputy head of Hamas's political bureau, said that Hamas does

Abbas Finds Legal Loophole to Deceive US and EU

By | 2014-09-12T01:11:04-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

The West has long threatened to stop donating to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if it continues to pay salaries to its terrorists – and so the PA has found a "creative solution": It will give the money to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and the PLO will pay the salaries instead.   PA chairman Mahmoud

Fatah Calls on World to Cancel IDF Dual Citizenship

By | 2014-09-12T00:31:59-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

A senior leader of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction has launched a new international campaign against Israel, calling on nations of the world to cancel the citizenship for IDF soldiers after Operation Protective Edge.   The Fatah leader, Mohammed Shtayyeh, a Member of the Fatah Central Committee and former PA cabinet minister,

Danish Mosque Declares Open Support For Islamic State

By | 2014-09-12T00:08:48-04:00 September 12th, 2014|News|

The Grimhøjmoskeen mosque in Aarhus, Denmark, has openly declared support for Islamic State (IS; formerly known as ISIS), claiming a state under Sharia law is a matter of national-religious pride.    “An Islamic state will always be what Muslims long for, therefore we cannot help but to support the Islamic State. Even if it makes

HISTORIC NYC MARCH TO PROTEST NEW WAVE OF ANTI-SEMITISM

By | 2014-09-10T10:48:21-04:00 September 10th, 2014|Press Releases|

ON SEPT 14 2014 THE NEW YORK CITYJEWISH COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTERS WILL TAKE TO THE STREETS IN AN HISTORIC MARCH /RALLY, "SILENCE? NEVER AGAIN!", TO PROTEST THE NEW WAVE OF  ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE MEDIA'S CULPABILITY    In the last 60 days the floodgates of anti-Semitism have been unleashed. Violence, beatings, harassment and the call for