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.

Iran Threat Greater Than Ever

By | 2013-05-02T10:44:17-04:00 May 2nd, 2013|News|

A top security source told Channel Ten that despite appearances to the contrary, Israel's military option on Iran was very much alive, and that Iran was reaching the point where construction of a nuclear weapon was within reach.   The official, whose identity was kept under wraps, is considered a highly placed, highly reliable source.

Time to Derail the Saudi “Visa Express”

By | 2013-05-02T02:32:46-04:00 May 2nd, 2013|Op-Eds|

Preferential, fast-lane treatment for Saudi visa applicants should be considered on a reciprocal basis, with verifiable Saudi progress in stopping funding for Wahhabi-Salafist mosque construction; Salafist and Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated imams; anti-Semitic, anti-Christian and anti-West curriculum materials and jihadi fighters everywhere on Sharia battlefields.   One of the more striking—and worrisome—aspects of the April 2013 Boston

Police Arrest Three More Boston Bombing Suspects

By | 2013-05-01T21:57:47-04:00 May 1st, 2013|News|

Police have arrested three more suspects as part of the investigation into the Boston marathon bomb attack that left three dead and more than 260 wounded.   "Three additional suspects taken into custody in Marathon bombing case. Details to follow," the Boston Police Department said on Twitter, according to AFP.   "Please be advised there

AFDI Calls for Closure of Mosques That Breed Jihad Terror

By | 2013-05-01T11:39:21-04:00 May 1st, 2013|Press Releases|

The human rights organization American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) has called upon government and law enforcement authorities to close three U.S. mosques that have been established as breeding grounds for jihad terror.   The call follows the issuance last week of AFDI's 18-point Platform for Defending Freedom, which offered practical steps to protect the nation

Obama preparing to send lethal weapons to Syria fighters

By | 2013-05-01T11:11:18-04:00 May 1st, 2013|Reports|

U.S. President Barack Obama is gearing up to send lethal weapons to the Syrian opposition, according to senior administration officials speaking to The Washington Post on Wednesday.   The officials said Obama was also tightening ties with allies seeking the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and the U.S. would be taking a “more aggressive”

Open Letter to Professor Alan Dershowitz

By | 2013-05-01T10:55:53-04:00 May 1st, 2013|Op-Eds|

Dear Prof. Dershowitz,   I personally thank you for your many years of pro-Israel and pro-Jewish advocacy.   However, at the 2013 Jerusalem Post New York Conference I attended yesterday, April 28, 2013, you publicly claimed the 1970 Allon Plan was a safe solution to the 2013 Israeli-Palestinian conflict.   I’m sure you don’t realize

IDF Takes Out Senior Rocket Terrorist in Gaza

By | 2013-05-01T00:35:05-04:00 May 1st, 2013|News|

The IAF killed a senior terrorist in Gaza on Tuesday morning. The Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, identified the target as Haitham Ziyad Ibrahim al-Mishal.   Mishal, 25, was behind an attack two weeks ago in which rockets were fired at the city of Eilat.   He was previously affiliated with the Salafim-Jahadim terrorist