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.

Egypt Opens Bids For Nuclear Plants

By | 2013-11-16T21:38:21-04:00 November 16th, 2013|News|

A spokesman for Egypt's Ministry of Electricity and Energy announced plans on Thursday to issue an international tender in January for the construction of a nuclear power plant at Dabaa, near the Mediterranean coast.   Egypt put its nuclear program on hold in 1986 after the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in Ukraine. Twenty years later,

Egypt and Russia Hold ‘Historic’ Talks

By | 2013-11-16T21:21:12-04:00 November 16th, 2013|News|

Signs of a potential major alliance shift were seen Thursday as high level talks with the visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu occurred in Egypt. The talks ended without any announced arms deals, but with promises of new strategic relations.   General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's army chief and defense

Iran diplomacy better than war, U.S. tells Israel

By | 2013-11-16T15:23:42-04:00 November 16th, 2013|News|

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against a “bad deal” on Iran’s nuclear program, in comments posted to Twitter on Friday.   But his remarks were met with what appeared to be Washington’s response to the premier.   U.S. State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters later in the day that American administration believes

About 600 Saudi fighters are in Syria

By | 2013-11-16T15:05:19-04:00 November 16th, 2013|News|

An estimated 600 Saudis have joined al-Qaeda-affiliated groups in Syria fighting against President Bashar’s al-Assad’s regime, a Saudi expert in Islamist movements told Al Arabiya’s weekly program “Death making” on Friday.   Faris Bin Hizam said many Saudis are fighting on the ranks of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the

Syrian Jihadists Behead the Wrong Man, then Apologize

By | 2013-11-15T16:37:36-04:00 November 15th, 2013|Islam|

Jihadist rebels in Syria had to ask for "understanding and forgiveness" after they beheaded the wrong man, the British Telegraph reports.   In a public appearance filmed and posted online, members of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), one brandishing a knife, held up a bearded head before a crowd in Aleppo.

Canadians Join Foreign Jihadists Fighting in Syria

By | 2013-11-15T16:17:12-04:00 November 15th, 2013|News|

  On Thursday reports were released that a Canadian citizen described only as Abu Abd Al-Rahman was killed in March in the city of Aleppo, according to Shalom Toronto. Al-Rahman is one of many Canadian and other foreign jihadists journeying to Syria to join the bloodbath.   The report of Al-Rahman's death appeared on a

Hamas to PA: Stop Peace Talks, They’re US Dictates

By | 2013-11-15T16:06:26-04:00 November 15th, 2013|News|

Hamas called on the Palestinian Authority (PA) Thursday to end peace talks with Israel, claiming the talks constitute a surrender to the dictates of the American government, which Hamas claims provides cover for the "Judaization" of holy sites.   Hamas' statement went on to criticize the security arrangements between the PA and Israel as well,

Shi’ite Pilgrimage Holiday Bombed in Iraq, 41 Dead

By | 2013-11-15T15:52:10-04:00 November 15th, 2013|Islam|

  Explosions rocked various parts of Iraq on Thursday during the Shi'ite pilgrimage holiday of Ashura, leaving at least 41 dead, according to the BBC. Iraq has recently seen a fierce upswing in bombings.    Of the three blasts targeting the pilgrims, Al Arabiya reports that the major one occurred in Diyala province north of

‘We Will Fly the Islamic Flag Over the White House’

By | 2013-11-15T02:20:25-04:00 November 15th, 2013|News|

A video offering a rare look at the two Al Qaeda-linked rebel groups operating in Syria offers some of the most compelling evidence yet of the involvement of western citizens in the country's ongoing civil war - and raises fears over the threat posed by these radicalized Muslims towards western countries "the day after" the