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.

European Jewry is Doing What Hitler Couldn’t

By | 2014-05-18T15:45:07-04:00 May 18th, 2014|Op-Eds|

In Europe’s streets, fear and persecution are turning the Jews into ghosts without yarmulkes and the sounds of Hebrew. In Europe’s houses, Jews are opting for cultural and religious suicide.   According to a Rabbinical Center of Europe’s research, over 85% of European Jews assimilate and intermarry with non-Jews, 80% do not attend synagogues, 75%

Egypt: Bomb Hits Election Rally in Cairo

By | 2014-05-18T14:50:28-04:00 May 18th, 2014|News|

A bomb wounded at least three people at a Cairo election rally for presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, security sources said, according to Reuters   A man riding on a motorcycle threw the homemade device in the direction of Sisi supporters at the street gathering of about 150 people in a north-eastern district

Egypt: 79 Morsi Supporters Given Jail Terms

By | 2014-05-17T20:01:36-04:00 May 17th, 2014|News|

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced 79 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi to jail terms of between five and 10 years over their involvement in deadly clashes, judicial sources said, according to AFP.   The defendants were convicted for participating in clashes between Morsi supporters and opponents that killed 12 people in the Mediterranean

Khamenei: Israel the ‘Most Wicked Terrorists’ in the World

By | 2014-05-17T18:56:45-04:00 May 17th, 2014|News|

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Wednesday once again launched an attack on Israel and accused its government of being “wicked terrorists”.   Khamenei’s latest attack on the Jewish state came in a series of tweets on the occasion of Nakba Day, on which Arabs mark what they see as a the “catastrophe” of

Sisi: There’s a Chance for ‘True Peace’ with Israel

By | 2014-05-14T21:36:34-04:00 May 14th, 2014|News|

Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the leading candidate in the race for Egypt’s presidency, said Monday that there is a chance for “true peace” with Israel, if it adopts the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative.   The comments by Sisi were made in an interview to Sky News, the same interview in which he stated that, if elected,

Stop Anti-Semitism Foundation hosts Holocaust Memorial Day in Sheepshead Bay

By | 2014-05-14T12:02:48-04:00 May 14th, 2014|Media|

Holocaust survivors, Jews and other community members gathered today at the Holocaust Memorial Park in Sheepshead Bay to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. The Stop Anti-Semitism Foundation organized the annual event. It says its goal is to help prevent violence and injustice around the world. {youtube}MhiyIm9Z4NU{/youtube}   Survivors were present to share stories of their horrific

Holocaust message exploited for Palestinian cause

By | 2014-05-14T11:50:04-04:00 May 14th, 2014|Op-Eds|

On April 27, I was honored to take part in Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Holocaust Memorial Park of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, to remember the victims of Shoah. Hosted by the Stop Anti-Semitism Foundation, a variety of speakers participated prompted by a global increase in anti-Semitism and oppression of Christian minorities. The ceremony ended by

Kerry Can’t Keep Kidding Himself on ‘Palestine’

By | 2014-05-14T02:34:39-04:00 May 14th, 2014|Op-Eds|

The negotiations have failed. Why not try something realistic?   US Secretary of State John Kerry’s unshakeable belief that he could succeed in facilitating what had eluded former American Secretaries of State for the last 20 years – the creation of a 22nd Arab State in the "West Bank" and Gaza for the first time

Abbas: Hamas Doesn’t Need to Recognize Israel

By | 2014-05-13T23:36:21-04:00 May 13th, 2014|News|

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas thinks that Hamas, with whom he recently signed a reconciliation pact, does not need to recognize Israel.   A senior PA official on Sunday told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that Abbas insists that Hamas does not need to recognize Israel or renounce terrorism, even after the unity pact with