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.

Reform Rabbi Eric Yoffie and his Jew-Hating Friends

By | 2013-06-07T12:43:36-04:00 June 7th, 2013|Op-Eds|

"History is filled with Jewicidal Jews who side with those who would destroy them. But never have they been so mainstream as they are today", says the writer. Arutz Sheva salutes this courageous Zionist activist and writer.   After the Jerusalem Post ran a vicious defamatory article by the uber-left Rabbi Yoffie,  President of the

Ethiopia summons Egypt’s ambassador over dam issue

By | 2013-06-06T20:35:05-04:00 June 6th, 2013|News|

The Ethiopian government has summoned the Egyptian ambassador to demand an explanation after comments were made by politicians in Cairo suggesting their country sabotage a Nile River dam Ethiopia is constructing, AP reported.   Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Dina Mufti said Thursday that the ambassador was summoned to explain the “hostile remarks.”  

‘We’re Heading for Repeat of the Second Lebanon War’

By | 2013-06-06T20:07:52-04:00 June 6th, 2013|News|

The IDF Chief of Staff’s decision to slash training and three-week tours of duty for military reservists has caused anger and concern among activists dedicated to avoiding a repeat of the Second Lebanon War.   Training was cut due to a reduction in the Defense Department’s annual budget.   “I want to believe this is

Turkish police fire tear gas at protesters in Ankara

By | 2013-06-05T17:45:30-04:00 June 5th, 2013|News|

Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds who joined mass demonstrations in Ankara against the Islamic-rooted government, AFP reported.   Thousands of union workers filled the central Kizilay square in the Turkish capital, urging Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign. Meanwhile, a Turkish protest group demanded on Wednesday that the

Turkey unrest aims to make ‘Islamic project fail,’ say Egypt MB leaders

By | 2013-06-05T17:32:56-04:00 June 5th, 2013|News|

Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Egypt on Tuesday accused Turkish protesters of receiving foreign funds from entities which they claim “want to make the highly successful Islamic project fail,” according to local Egyptian media reports.   Hussein Ibrahim, secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), blamed “foreign groups” who

Signature campaign on Egypt’s streets tests Mursi

By | 2013-06-05T17:00:29-04:00 June 5th, 2013|News|

Thousands of volunteers are hitting the pavement around Egypt, on streets, in metro stations, even in hospitals, passing out black-and-white forms to whoever will take them. The goal: To collect millions of signatures on a petition calling for the removal of Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Mursi.   The signature drive, known as “Tamarod” or “Rebel”

Obama Slaps Sanctions on Iran’s Currency and Auto Industry

By | 2013-06-05T11:38:18-04:00 June 5th, 2013|News|

The Obama administration on Monday announced new sanctions on Iran, targeting the country's currency and automobile industry, USA Today reports.   An executive order by President Barack Obama authorizes sanctions on foreign financial institutions that make transactions in Iran's currency, the rial, or keep accounts denominated in the rial outside the country.   The new

Am I an Islamophobe?

By | 2013-06-05T11:28:35-04:00 June 5th, 2013|Op-Eds|

The year was 2009. I was a guest at a talk show, discussing my newly released book: 72 Virgins. People in the audience called in, referring to me as an Islamophobe. It was the first time I was accused of prejudice against, hatred towards, or irrational fear of Muslims.   Those who tried to characterize

Egyptian politicians talk covert Ethiopia attack

By | 2013-06-05T02:50:07-04:00 June 5th, 2013|News|

Apparently unaware they were being filmed on live TV, Egyptian politicians meeting with Egypt’s president on Monday proposed to sabotage Ethiopia’s plans to build a massive dam on the Nile River upstream.   Some politicians suggested backing rebels to carry out sabotage. But Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi did not directly react to the suggestions, but