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.

Why the Saudis and Muslim Brotherhood Hate Each Other

By | 2014-05-28T15:48:40-04:00 May 28th, 2014|Op-Eds|

Saudi Arabia was once a haven for Muslim Brotherhood leaders who fled persecution in Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Now the Saudis are pouring money into Sisi's regime in order to destroy them.   When the revolt against Mubarak broke out towards the end of January 2011, it was expected that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)

Pakistani Woman Murdered by Family for Marrying Out of Love

By | 2014-05-28T13:32:53-04:00 May 28th, 2014|Islam|

A Pakistani woman who married a man she loved was punished on Tuesday by her family, who beat her to death as a crowd watched outside a courthouse, The Associated Press (AP) reported.   The 25-year-old pregnant woman's father, brother and spurned fiancé were among about a dozen male relatives who used bricks and clubs

Israeli Arab Arrested for Helping Relatives Join Syrian Rebels

By | 2014-05-28T13:15:28-04:00 May 28th, 2014|News|

The Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet), along with the Israeli police, successfully apprehended an Israeli Arab who helped two of his relatives leave Israel and join jihadists in Syria, according to news permitted for publication Tuesday.   The detainee is Idris Ahmed Abu Taleb Alkayaan, 23, a resident of the Hora Bedouin settlement

Fatah Official: Unity Government to be Announced This Week

By | 2014-05-28T13:01:09-04:00 May 28th, 2014|News|

The Palestinian Authority unity government, comprised of Fatah and Hamas, is expected to be announced later this week, a negotiator told The Associated Press (AP) on Monday.   Azzam al-Ahmed, a Fatah negotiator, traveled to Gaza on Monday for what he said would be a final round of talks with Hamas leaders about the Cabinet

I Am Shelly Dadon

By | 2014-05-27T23:32:49-04:00 May 27th, 2014|Op-Eds|

A law that will allow judges to prevent early freeing of a terrorist as part of his sentence has just passed its first hurdle at the Knesset. Min. Livni opposed it. The present situation puts Kafka to shame.   I am Shelly Dadon.  I was murdered only because I was Jewish.  A future Israeli government

Abbas Accuses Israel of ‘Judaizing’ Jerusalem in Papal Meeting

By | 2014-05-27T22:54:04-04:00 May 27th, 2014|News|

Pope Francis met with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem Sunday, in a historic meeting that saw Abbas accuse Israel of "Judaizing" Jerusalem.    During the meeting, Abbas insisted that Israel is "systematically acting to change [Jerusalem's] identity and character, and strangling the Palestinians, both Christians and Muslims, with the aim of pushing

CHRISTIANS WIN BIG LAWSUIT AGAINST MUSLIM THUGS IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN!

By | 2014-05-27T01:48:53-04:00 May 27th, 2014|Islam|

A Detroit judge has awarded over $100,000 in attorney’s fees in the case of a Christian, George Saieg, who was attacked and arrested at the festival.   {youtube}-2okgUG_5Ys{/youtube}   “This case is a stunning example of the pernicious influence of stealth jihad and Shariah law in America. The city of Dearborn is now a serial

Pope Makes Impromptu Visit to Terror Victims’ Memorial

By | 2014-05-26T17:36:52-04:00 May 26th, 2014|News|

Pope Francis made an unscheduled visit to a monument in memory of terror victims while visiting the Har Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem. The visit followed a stop at the Temple Mount and Western Wall, and ahead of a tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.   While at the cemetery, the pope placed a