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.

Uranium discovered at Parchin complex tied to past nuclear work

By | 2016-06-23T13:51:35-04:00 June 23rd, 2016|News|

The Obama administration has concluded that uranium particles discovered last year at a secretive Iranian military base likely were tied to the country’s past, covert nuclear weapons program, The Wall Street Journal reports.   The findings contradict Tehran’s longstanding denials that it was pursuing a nuclear bomb.   Traces of man-made uranium were found at

Iran says it foiled the ‘biggest terror plot ever’

By | 2016-06-23T12:21:41-04:00 June 23rd, 2016|News|

Iranian intelligence officials said Monday they had broken up "the biggest terrorist plot" to ever target Tehran and other provinces in the Islamic Republic, The Associated Press reported.   An anchor on state television read off a statement attributing the information to Iran's Intelligence Ministry. Officials could not be immediately reached for comment to elaborate,

Abbas: Israel is committing mass-murder

By | 2016-06-23T11:52:29-04:00 June 23rd, 2016|News|

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas railed against Israel during an address to the European Union parliament in Brussels on Thursday, slamming the Jewish state for committing “mass-murder”.   The comments came hours after Abbas rebuffed efforts by EU President Martin Schultz to arrange a meeting between Abbas and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. While Rivlin accepted

Clinton ‘threw Bible at Secret Service agent’

By | 2016-06-23T11:31:25-04:00 June 23rd, 2016|News|

A former Secret Service agent claims then-First Lady Hillary Clinton regularly had violent outbursts, abusing Secret Service agents verbally and at times physically.   Gary Byrne, who guarded the Clinton’s during Bill Clinton’s tenure as president from 1993 to 2001, says the First Lady had an explosive personality behind closed doors, and treated those around

Egyptian court rejects deal to cede islands to Saudi Arabia

By | 2016-06-21T15:47:31-04:00 June 21st, 2016|News|

An Egyptian court has struck down an agreement between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which would have seen two strategic Red Sea islands transferred to Saudi control.   News of the deal, struck earlier this year between Cairo's cash-strapped government and Riyadh, provoked angry protests by Egyptians, who saw the agreement as a blow to national

Hamas: Arab Peace Initiative ‘threatens Palestinian interests’

By | 2016-06-21T15:31:02-04:00 June 21st, 2016|News|

Hamas is rejecting the Arab Peace Initiative and calling on Arab countries to stop promoting it.   Mahmoud Al-Zahar, a member of Hamas' political bureau, on Thursday said the initiative is a threat to vital Palestinian interests.   In an interview with the Al-Arabi Al Jadid newspaper, Zahar called on Arab countries not to promote

French FM: Israeli response to attack could ‘raise tensions’

By | 2016-06-18T17:02:20-04:00 June 18th, 2016|News|

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault warned on Friday that Israel's decision to bar Palestinians    from entering its territory following the Tel Aviv attack could raise tensions and lead to more violence,    AFP reports.   "The decision by the Israeli authorities today to revoke tens of thousands of entry permits could stoke    tensions

PA discusses maritime borders for future state with Egypt

By | 2016-06-18T10:25:07-04:00 June 18th, 2016|News|

The Palestinians have begun talks with Egypt on setting out the maritime borders of their hoped for    future state and the resources they can extract from the sea, their UN ambassador to the United Nations    said Friday, according to AFP.   The goal is to establish an exclusive economic zone off the coast