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.

ISIS beheads Russian ‘spy’, threatens Putin

By | 2015-12-04T13:41:30-04:00 December 4th, 2015|News|

Islamic State (ISIS) released a new scare video Wednesday, this time targeting the Russians.    The video, entitled "You Shall be Disappointed and Humiliated O Russians," shows the beheading of an alleged Chechen spy - a 23 year-old who admits on camera to passing along information to Moscow from Syria and Iraq about the 605

PA calls terror attacks ‘acts of bravery’

By | 2015-12-04T13:20:20-04:00 December 4th, 2015|News|

The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to use sports as a means of glorifying terror, Palestinian Media Watch reports Wednesday - this time, naming a tennis tournament after two terrorists and calling attacks "acts of patriotism."    The Al-Rashideen High School for Boys held a tennis tournament named after terrorists Basel and Farouq Sidr last month,

ISIS’s Sinai commander in Gaza for Hamas talks

By | 2015-12-04T13:06:23-04:00 December 4th, 2015|News|

Shadi al-Menei, the commander of the Islamic State (ISIS) branch Sinai Province, is currently in Gaza on a secret visit to speak with Hamas leaders.   The surprising revelation reported late Thursday by Channel 2 exposes the deep level of coordination between the terrorist organizations, which has been kept tightly under wraps.   Al-Menei held

At least 14 dead, 20 injured in California mass shooting

By | 2015-12-02T22:20:05-04:00 December 2nd, 2015|News|

At least 14 people were murdered and as many as 20 could be injured in a mass shooting at a social services center in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday.    Police have confirmed there were fatalities in the shooting, but have yet to confirm the exact number. County officials said "at least 10 people total"

Islamic Movement leader blames West for ‘religious wars’

By | 2015-12-02T15:32:27-04:00 December 2nd, 2015|News|

Deputy Leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel Sheikh Kamal Khatib blamed the West for the world's religious wars, in a fiery Friday sermon at the Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque in Kafr Kana last week, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports.    "Their hearts are full of hatred and animosity, yet they talk

Jerusalem: Incredible archaeological find brings Bible to life

By | 2015-12-02T12:23:52-04:00 December 2nd, 2015|Archeology and History|

Archaeologists digging just south of Jerusalem's Temple Mount have made a historic discovery, unearthing the first-ever seal impression of an Israelite or Judean king ever exposed in situ in a scientific archaeological excavation.   The discovery, made during Ophel excavations at the foot of the southern wall of the Temple Mount, is an impression of

Clashes erupt between Syria Islamists, Kurds

By | 2015-11-30T18:20:17-04:00 November 30th, 2015|News|

At least 23 fighters have been killed in clashes between Syrian Islamist forces including Al-Qaeda's local affiliate and an alliance led by Kurdish forces, a monitor said on Monday.     The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 15 fighters from Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front and allied groups had been killed Sunday in fighting that

EU vows to continue pushing Middle East agenda

By | 2015-11-30T15:57:53-04:00 November 30th, 2015|News|

The European Union vowed Monday to work for Middle East peace even though Israel suspended it from the diplomatic process over the bloc's decision to label goods imported from Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the Golan Heights.   "When it comes to the Middle East peace process, the EU continues and will continue to work on

Arabs attack police in Jerusalem, one killed by Border Guards

By | 2015-11-29T21:09:57-04:00 November 29th, 2015|News|

A group of Arabs threw about ten Molotov cocktails at Border Police in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al-Amud. Arab sources report that security forces returned fire and killed one rioter before the rest dispersed.   Walla! news identifies the dead terrorist as Ayman al-Abasi, a 17-year-old from Silwan. He previously spent a year

Netanyahu orders: ‘Break contact’ with European Union

By | 2015-11-29T20:06:49-04:00 November 29th, 2015|News|

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has instructed the Foreign Ministry to reassess its involvement with European Union (EU) institutions regarding the political process with the Palestinians.   Until the assessment is completed, Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered the suspension of all political contact with EU institutions and representatives on the issue.   This directive was made in