Dr. Ashraf Ramelah

Dr. Ashraf Ramelah is founder and president of Voice of the Copts a human right organization with offices in USA and Italy - recently spoke at the first congress of SION in New York City on September 11, 2012.

Most Recent Articles by Dr. Ashraf Ramelah:

Egypt: “War on terror” shuts down churches and prayer August 30, 2017
Comparing Sisi to former President Morsi and the dreaded Muslim Brotherhood -- blinds Christian Copts to Sisi’s record which is scant improvement
Egypt uses “fatwa” kiosks to combat terrorism or spread fundamentalism? August 3, 2017
As such, the bill expands upon Egypt’s current blasphemy law which penalizes speaking or writing about the Prophet, Allah and the first Caliphas
Identity erasure: Threat to Copts in Egypt July 11, 2017
Egypt has been advancing toward full-blown Sharia governance
Egyptian police become terrorists: Attack Christianity June 27, 2017
Slogan found on the entrance to the building of the Egyptian police: "Police are at the service of the people"
Reflection on Al Minya’s bus attack: How massacre leads to Sharia law June 20, 2017
Most Middle Eastern countries crushing Christians are a war zone. Little can be done by the individual to effectively counter it. In Egypt, a state clearly in violation of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, a tourism boycott is now in order
Egypt: Bloodshed on Palm Sunday April 11, 2017
The Coptic Orthodox Church seems to have joined the rhetoric of the deep state and the Al-Sisi administration using a deception that has facilitated and sustained a long string of terrorist attacks targeting Coptic Christians in recent months and yea
Open Letter To President-elect Donald Trump December 24, 2016
Address radical Islamic terrorism
Jihadists strike again, 25 Copts die in Cairo church bombing: December 17, 2016
Voice of the Copts urges reforms
Coptic Pope muzzles US Copts in favor of Al-Sisi September 20, 2016
Mobilizing Copts in support of Al-Sisi’s UN General Assembly speech focusing on international issues and not the internal affairs of Egypt has no relevancy
Egyptian youths escape Sharia inferno September 12, 2016
goal of Anwar Sadat and Saudi Arabia is clear; as stated decades earlier, the Middle East must be cleansed of Christians. The question remains; will Islam succeed?
Stealth war on American soil began with chaos of 9/11 terror September 11, 2016
From the 9/11 tragedy, America has lost more than the thousands of innocent victims we mourn for today as we continue to see the ideology behind the attack sow into the fabric of our great nation
Egyptian judoka Salafi-style: No withdraw, no win, no handshake August 25, 2016
Shehaby’s scraggly Mohammed-style beard, worn by devout Salafi Muslims, contradicted the ideal of former Egyptian participants in past Olympics, placing worship over country
Open letter to the Egyptian president: If you can’t fulfil your promises step down! August 17, 2016
Al-Noor Salafi religious political party intact (operating illegally) influencing policy
Bedouin law bows to Coptic courage July 18, 2016
Sharia takes its course in Egypt under Al-Sisi just like the good-old-days of Hosni Mubarak
Truth for Giulio Regeni July 11, 2016
The mystery of the Regeni case in Egypt can only be solved when the truth being obscured by the Egyptian state is revealed.
Vatican ecumenism forsakes Egypt’s Christian minorities June 16, 2016
Vatican’s ecumenism comes at the expense of Egypt’s human rights
Resisting blasphemy laws in Egypt: Islam against Islam February 1, 2016
Al-Sisi’s industriousness is historic
Coptic Pope’s trip to Israel stirs hope to end ban on visits December 6, 2015
Pope Tawadros II and his Egyptian delegation to Israel celebrated the funeral mass of his dear friend and colleague, Bishop Abraham of Jerusalem, on November 29, 2015
Will the Sharia save Morsi? June 11, 2015
Egyptian court sentenced Egypt's former Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammed Morsi, to the death penalty
Extend an invitation to President El Sisi of Egypt to address a joint session of Congress March 11, 2015
Letter to Speaker John Boehner
Copts beheaded in Libya, Copt burned alive in Egypt February 19, 2015
Egypt leads the world against terror
Egypt’s Al-Azhar Institute: The key to ending terror or the reason for it? January 15, 2015
Sunni authority of Al-Ahzar has placed itself at odds with Muslims in the Egyptian streets and the rest of the modern world presumably in order to remain true to Islamic doctrine
Jews cope with Egypt’s hysteria and revision of Jewish-Egyptian history January 8, 2015
UNESCO designated Abu Hasira mausoleum is recorded as a historic Egyptian monument
Press Release: A new political party in Italy August 7, 2014
For Italy and its citizens, La Rinascita Italiana will be the solid and concrete point of reference for the revival of Italy and its future!
Egypt’s “cold war” with the U.S. July 25, 2014
Pro-democracy freedom fighters who backed Al-Sisi have been icy, caustic towards the U.S. since lobbing tomatoes at Hillary back when she visited Egypt in support of the Muslim Brotherhood “freedom-fighters"
A blow to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood as Israel crushes Hamas July 22, 2014
Hamas wanted to entice Egypt into warfare with Israel in order to help the Muslim Brotherhood regain power in Egypt
Egypt’s Al-Sisi struggles for democracy: Fights terrorism July 17, 2014
if Al-Sisi proves to be a trustworthy, tireless fighter for the people on the level he has so far, Egyptians will be more than willing to endure Al-Sisi’s recent economic decision
Egypt’s courageous new president: Promise for a modern Egypt June 23, 2014
Taken at face value, such modern, civilizing chords struck by Al-Sisi in a style like no other holds great promise for ordinary Egyptians, including Copts
Egyptian hero Al Sisi: A game-changer or mirage? May 21, 2014
Now the hope is that the man instrumental in ousting Egypt’s fascist ruler will tackle political Islam once he is in office
Holocaust message exploited for Palestinian cause May 13, 2014
Irrational rants for the Palestinian cause have no limit of publishers and present a danger for the preservation of the Jewish state