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.

Muslim Brotherhood Launches Own U.S. Political Party

By | 2014-04-05T13:11:54-04:00 April 5th, 2014|Op-Eds|

Islamofascism: With an eye toward the 2016 election, the radical Muslim Brotherhood has built the framework for a political party in America that seeks to turn Muslims into an Islamist voting bloc.   'Muslim voters have the potential to be swing voters in 2016," said Nihad Awad in launching the benign-sounding U.S. Council of Muslim

Bennett: ‘Here’s a Commitment – You’ll Never Get Jerusalem’

By | 2014-04-04T13:49:12-04:00 April 4th, 2014|News|

Jewish Home Chairman, Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, pithily rejected Thursday the Palestinian Authority (PA) demand that Israel give a commitment that the future Palestinian state would include eastern Jerusalem.   "You wanted a commitment? Here it is: Eastern Jerusalem will never be your capital,” wrote Bennett on his Facebook page.   The PA-based Ma'an news

PA Ambassador: There Are 550 Organizations We Can Join

By | 2014-04-04T13:01:57-04:00 April 4th, 2014|News|

The Palestinian Authority (PA) is eligible to join up to 550 international treaties and conventions, including the International Criminal Court, its ambassador to the UN said Wednesday, according to the Ma’an news agency.   The comments by Ibrahim Khraishi came hours after the UN received the PA’s requests to join several international conventions and treaties,

For Obama, Crimea is a Welcome Distraction from Iran

By | 2014-04-04T12:35:17-04:00 April 4th, 2014|Op-Eds|

Obama is clearly desperate to distract the world from Iran and from realizing that his Iran Interim Nuclear agreement is a farce - or shall we say a bomb (literally and figuratively).    Obama's agreement  will enable Iran to quickly develop a nuclear bomb under the world's radar and everybody from the Saudis to the

The Ages of Purim

By | 2014-04-03T22:32:27-04:00 April 3rd, 2014|Op-Eds|

Those who feel time in their bones know the patterns of history and can never lose themselves in one age or fall into the fallacy of a new era. They know that there is nothing new under the sun.   Saturday night began the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Purim, which lasts one day

Wealthy American Jews Have Abetted Iran’s Nukes

By | 2014-04-03T17:18:00-04:00 April 3rd, 2014|Op-Eds|

Several days ago, a group of 48 super-rich, super-politically connected American Jews sent a group-signed letter to all the Democratic U.S. Senators putting the “Rich Jewish Democratic Donor” kibosh to work on the Senate to prevent passing the Iranian sanctions bill that would have likely passed both Senate and House. Having the law pass would

Bombings Outside Cairo University Kill Two, Injure Seven

By | 2014-04-03T16:03:16-04:00 April 3rd, 2014|News|

Bombings outside Cairo University killed an Egyptian Brigadier-General, the Egyptian interior ministry has said, and also wounded seven bystanders, some of whom were members of security forces outside the institution. Al-Jazeera and other outlets also report that at least one more person was killed in the blast.   Two of the bombs were planted outside

Arab League Calls Urgent Meeting Over Failing Israel-PA Talks

By | 2014-04-03T14:06:30-04:00 April 3rd, 2014|News|

The Arab League has called an emergency meeting of foreign ministers for April 9 to discuss the floundering US-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), League chief Nabil al-Arabi said on Wednesday.   The meeting will discuss Israel's refusal to release more terrorists, Arabi told AFP.  PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas requested the