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.

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By | 2014-04-13T13:09:31-04:00 April 13th, 2014|News|

For years, former Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasser Arafat would condemn terrorist attacks against Israelis, but there was a question mark regarding the authenticity of his claims.   Now, Arafat’s former bodyguard has confirmed that the late PA chairman would lie when he condemned suicide bombings in Israel.   The bodyguard, Muhammad Al-Daya, made the

Dutch Priest Shot Dead in Homs as ‘War on Christians’ Continues

By | 2014-04-13T12:40:42-04:00 April 13th, 2014|Islam|

A 75-year-old Jesuit priest was beaten and shot dead by armed men in Homs, Syria on Monday, after he had insisted on staying in the war-torn country to help the poor and feed the hundreds starving in the beleaguered city.    Father Frans van der Lugt, a Dutch national who had worked in Syria since

Muslim Brotherhood moves headquarters from London to Austria

By | 2014-04-13T12:19:18-04:00 April 13th, 2014|News|

After Cameron announces terror investigation PM announces joint MI5 and MI6 investigation into group David Cameron wants to find out how 'extreme' group's views are Organisation moves to Graz, Austria's second city   Controversial Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood is moving its headquarters from London to Austria in an apparent attempt to avoid an inquiry

Twenty-eight killed in Aswan, Upper Egypt

By | 2014-04-10T12:05:26-04:00 April 10th, 2014|Reports|

Twenty-eight killed in Aswan, Upper Egypt   In the world’s cradle of civilization in Upper Egypt, the region of the temples, 750 miles below Egypt’s capitol, a deadly racial clash took place between two Muslim tribes this past week. According to reports by Egypt’s news agencies, on April 2 fighting broke out between the Arab-Muslim

Al-Qaeda Head’s Brother to Face Trial in Egypt

By | 2014-04-09T02:32:47-04:00 April 9th, 2014|News|

Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's brother is to stand trial with 67 others for forming a "terrorist group" and plotting attacks after Islamist president Mohammed Morsi's ouster, AFP reported Sunday, citing Egyptian state media.   Mohammed al-Zawahiri was arrested last August, a month after Morsi's ouster by the army, and has been called to go on

Before or After the Hamastan Rockets Smash Tel Aviv?

By | 2014-04-08T18:03:11-04:00 April 8th, 2014|Op-Eds|

Israeli Minister of Defense (MOD) Moshe Ya'alon is a modern-day Jewish hero.  That's why President Obama attacks Ya'alon when he speaks the truth.  Now the only question is: When exactly do the Jews of Israel want to be told the truth that a Palestinian Arab State will rain chemical Katyushas down on Tel Aviv; after

Israeli Envoy: PA Violating the Conventions it Seeks to Join

By | 2014-04-08T17:40:06-04:00 April 8th, 2014|News|

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, said on Sunday that the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) bid to join 15 international conventions and treaties was ironic, given that the PA violates most of the clauses of the conventions to which it is applying.   Prosor, who spoke at the Jerusalem Post conference and was quoted

Nasrallah: Assad is No Longer in Danger

By | 2014-04-08T17:15:07-04:00 April 8th, 2014|News|

The leader of the Hezbollah terror group said Sunday that the government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is no longer in danger of falling, reported The Associated Press (AP).   Hassan Nasrallah was quoted as having said in an interview with Lebanon's daily As-Safir newspaper that the danger of the Syrian government's "fall has ended."