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’s only hope: Freedom Fighters

By | 2013-01-10T22:39:11-04:00 January 10th, 2013|Op-Eds|

This month marks the two-year anniversary of Egypt’s revolution for democracy led by youth freedom fighters. Their movement remains as vital today as when the uprising began on January 25, 2011 -- currently the same number of core participants, zeal and commitment to human rights. To date, their failure to bring forth the democratic goals

Terror TV pays Al Gore $100 million for U.S. media access

By | 2013-01-10T13:25:55-04:00 January 10th, 2013|Op-Eds|

Al-Jazeera, once considered the voice of Osama bin-Laden and known for anti-American and anti-Semitic rhetoric, has announced the purchase of Al Gore’s low-rated cable channel, Current TV, in a transparent attempt to buy access to the U.S. media market for operatives of the pro-terrorist Muslim Brotherhood. Gore has reportedly made $100 million from the $500

Men and women sit apart in new Cairo café

By | 2013-01-10T12:47:03-04:00 January 10th, 2013|Islam|

When the D. Cappucino café opened its doors last May it attracted little attention outside of Cairo’s upscale Nasser City neighborhood.   But a political crisis that has polarized Egypt and set liberals and Islamists at loggerheads has suddenly focused nationwide attention on the café, which caters to conservative values.   The café is identical

Exposé: Islamic Apartheid in Europe

By | 2013-01-10T12:26:44-04:00 January 10th, 2013|Op-Eds|

It has been called "Halal House". Islamically correct apartment complexes. It's the last frontier of Dutch multicultural policies that encouraged immigrants to live in parallel societies.   From the outside, the apartments of the Amsterdam neighborhoods of Bos and Lommer look like ordinary suburban blocks for married couples. But inside, the Dutch authorities furnished the

The Real Mohamed Morsi

By | 2013-01-10T05:05:30-04:00 January 10th, 2013|Op-Eds|

A video disseminated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) should blow a giant hole in the fantasy the Obama administration refers to as their Muslim “outreach” initiative. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is shown in 2010 delivering an anti-Semitic diatribe, during which he referred to “the Zionists” as “bloodsuckers,” “warmongers,” and “the descendants of

Wife of Hamas MP: Woman’s Role Is to Instill Love of Jihad

By | 2013-01-09T22:20:01-04:00 January 9th, 2013|Islam|

Hamas is continuing to incite and encourage Arab children to carry out acts of terrorism.   A video translated and released by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) shows the wife of a Hamas member of parliament saying that an Arab woman's role is "to instill love of jihad and martyrdom in her children."

Muslim Prisoner Strangles Wife with Burka During Prison Visit

By | 2013-01-09T12:59:07-04:00 January 9th, 2013|Op-Eds|

Din Mohammad was sentenced to 20 years in prison two years ago for killing his mother-in-law, and his wife’s brother and sister in the northern province of Samangan.   That’s two women, but Mohammad, like the original Mohammed who founded Islam, wasn’t going to be satisfied with killing just two women. He was determined to

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrated Obama Admin

By | 2013-01-09T12:31:53-04:00 January 9th, 2013|Reports|

An Egyptian magazine has claimed that six American Islamist activists who work with the Obama administration are Muslim Brotherhood operatives who enjoy strong influence over U.S. policy.   The December 22 story was published in Egypt's Rose El-Youssef magazine and was translated into English for the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT). The story suggests the

Abbas and Mashaal to Meet Morsi in Egypt

By | 2013-01-09T12:19:23-04:00 January 9th, 2013|News|

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will meet Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal in Cairo on Wednesday, Morsi's office said.   Abbas and Mashaal will first "meet Egypt's intelligence chief before holding a three-way meeting with President Morsi," presidential spokesman Yasser Ali told AFP.   Azzam al-Ahmad, who is in charge

PA to Issue ‘Palestine’ Stamp

By | 2013-01-09T12:08:20-04:00 January 9th, 2013|News|

The Palestinian Authority's Minister of Communication, Safa Nassereddin, said on Tuesday that the first stamp to carry the name “State of Palestine” will be issued for the benefit of PA diplomatic offices abroad.   According to a report in the PA-based Wafa news agency, Nassereddin said that because issuing new stamps requires Israeli approval, it