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.

Sisi: If Needed, We’ll Amend Peace Treaty with Israel

By | 2014-05-12T15:39:57-04:00 May 12th, 2014|News|

Egypt’s former army chief and leading presidential candidate, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, said Sunday that, if elected, he would be willing to consider making changes to the peace agreement with Israel.   "If we are asked to make amendments to the peace treaty with Israel, we will do it," Sisi said in an interview with Sky

Egypt Charges 200 Members of Jihadist Group

By | 2014-05-12T15:06:01-04:00 May 12th, 2014|News|

Egypt’s chief prosecutor on Saturday charged 200 suspected terrorists with carrying out over 50 terrorist attacks, killing 40 policemen and 15 civilians and conspiring with Hamas, The Associated Press (AP) reports.   It is the first mass trial of a Jihadi group since the country’s recent turmoil, noted the news agency.   The defendants, 98

Iran Unveils Copy of ‘Obama Gift’ Drone

By | 2014-05-12T14:42:19-04:00 May 12th, 2014|News|

Iran has unveiled a copy of the US Lockheed Martin Sentinel RQ-170 drone which it downed in 2011. The copycat aircraft is due to take test flights soon, officials said at the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Council's Aerospace Exhibition.   Israel's air force only recently held maneuvers designed to deal with a sophisticated Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Hamas Must Recognize Israel, Says Egyptian Official

By | 2014-05-08T12:08:30-04:00 May 8th, 2014|News|

Egypt’s former foreign minister said on Wednesday that Hamas must recognize the existence of Israel in order to make it possible to move forward with a Palestinian state, AFP reported.   "It is normal for the Palestinians to reconcile," said Amr Moussa, referring to the unity deal struck between Hamas and its longtime rival Fatah,

Huge Tunnel Bomb Kills 30 in Syria

By | 2014-05-08T11:22:29-04:00 May 8th, 2014|Media|

Syrian insurgents attacked a regime checkpoint with 40 tons of explosives on Monday, killing at least 30 Syrian troops, including two officers.   {youtube}EX6BdJz0Ahg{/youtube}   Videos and images posted by opposition supporters online showed an enormous plume of smoke and earth shooting into the air near a small town as men shouted "Allahu akbar".  

Sisi: Muslim Brotherhood is ‘Finished’

By | 2014-05-07T20:59:04-04:00 May 7th, 2014|News|

Egypt's ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has declared that the Muslim Brotherhood movement of ousted president Mohammed Morsi was "finished" in Egypt and would not return if he was elected, AFP reported.   Sisi’s comments were made in the same interview in which he revealed that there had been two attempts

Immense Explosion in Iran May Have Nuclear Origins

By | 2014-05-07T15:26:48-04:00 May 7th, 2014|News|

An immense explosion has been heard throughout the northern Iranian city of Qazvin, semi-official Fars news agency reported, and many casualties are expected from the blast.    Around 1.1 million people live in the city, which is located about 100 miles north of Tehran.    The blast may be related to nuclear development in Iran,

Egypt’s Sisi Demands Israel Recognize ‘Palestine’

By | 2014-05-07T15:05:38-04:00 May 7th, 2014|News|

Egypt's ex-army chief and leading presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi declared that if Israel won't recognize the "state of Palestine," with its capital in Jerusalem, he will never visit Israel.   Speaking in a TV interview on Saturday, Sisi added "Egypt is a country whose policy, history and honor to contracts and treaties is firmly

Abbas to Call Holocaust ‘Heinous Crime’

By | 2014-05-03T13:10:04-04:00 May 3rd, 2014|Reports|

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will release a statement condemning the Holocaust, the New York Times reports Sunday, in yet another attempt to repair its faltering image after torpedoing peace talks and approaching Hamas for a unity pact.    Abbas will reportedly call the Holocaust “the most heinous crime to have occurred against humanity