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 Bombs the Italian Consulate in Cairo

By | 2015-07-12T15:03:53-04:00 July 12th, 2015|News|

Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists claimed responsibility for a lethal car bomb attack on the Italian consulate in central Cairo on Saturday, in an explosion that killed one Egyptian and left ten others wounded according to a health ministry spokesperson.   The blast nearly completely destroyed the main entrance to the consulate, shattering windows and flooding

ISIS Jihadists Attack Iraqi Forces in Anbar

By | 2015-07-12T14:28:26-04:00 July 12th, 2015|News|

Islamic State (ISIS) group fighters on Friday attacked Iraqi police and soldiers in an area considered a major staging ground for operations to reconquer Anbar province, security sources told AFP.   ISIS fighters used suicide car bombs to attack government and allied forces in Khaldiyah, a town in the Euphrates valley that lies between Fallujah

Nasrallah: Iran is the Only Hope for ‘Palestine’

By | 2015-07-12T13:41:26-04:00 July 12th, 2015|News|

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday directly linked his group’s military campaign to the “Palestinian cause”, the Now Lebanon news website reported.   In remarks in honor of the Iranian Quds Day, Nasrallah also claimed that all opponents of Iran oppose “Palestine” as well.   “The road to Jerusalem passes through Qalamoun, Daraa, Hasakeh and

21.5 million affected by U.S. government data breach

By | 2015-07-10T12:03:14-04:00 July 10th, 2015|News|

Hackers who breached U.S. government databases stole personal information of 21.5 million people, officials said Thursday following an investigation into the attack widely blamed on China.   An update from the government's Office of Personnel Management said those affected were 19.7 million who underwent a background investigation, and 1.8 million others, mostly spouses or cohabitants

FBI says arrested 10 in July 4 plots inspired by ISIS

By | 2015-07-10T03:36:56-04:00 July 10th, 2015|News|

U.S. authorities thwarted plots to kill people in the United States around the July 4 holiday, arresting more than 10 people who were inspired by ISIS online recruitment, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday.   Comey told reporters dozens of people in the United States who are suspected to be under the influence of

Ramadan Feast Food Poisoning Kills 45 ISIS Terrorists

By | 2015-07-10T02:45:40-04:00 July 10th, 2015|News|

Forty-five terrorists of the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist regime died on Monday, not from bullets in the heat of a pitched battle but rather from food at a group 'Iftar' meal breaking the daytime fast Muslims observe during the month of Ramadan.   The 45 jihadists all died the same night after partaking of

Egyptian Bank Claims Part Ownership of King David Hotel

By | 2015-07-10T02:09:55-04:00 July 10th, 2015|News|

An Egyptian government-owned bank has launched a five million shekel (around $1.3 million) lawsuit over its lost shares in Jerusalem's prestigious King David Hotel, which were bought before the establishment of the modern Jewish state in 1948.   Banque Misr, which has 500 branches in Egypt and around the world, filed its lawsuit via Israeli

Nusra Front Suicide Bomber Kills 25 Soldiers in Aleppo

By | 2015-07-10T01:45:31-04:00 July 10th, 2015|News|

A suicide bomber from the Al-Nusra Front terrorist group, Syria's Al-Qaeda offshoot, blew himself up in a Syrian army outpost in a contested neighborhood in the city of Aleppo on Monday night.   The bombing killed at least 25 soldiers and allied militia and injured scores, according to the Reuters news agency.   The Britain-based

Nusra Front Suicide Bomber Kills 25 Soldiers in Aleppo (2)

By | 2015-07-10T01:45:31-04:00 July 10th, 2015|News|

A suicide bomber from the Al-Nusra Front terrorist group, Syria's Al-Qaeda offshoot, blew himself up in a Syrian army outpost in a contested neighborhood in the city of Aleppo on Monday night.   The bombing killed at least 25 soldiers and allied militia and injured scores, according to the Reuters news agency.   The Britain-based