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Israel Today interviews Ashraf Ramelah of Voice of the Copts

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by ASHRAF RAMELAH:

Ryan Jones of Israel Today interviews Ashraf Ramelah of Voice of the Copts – March 2013

 

1. Egypt is heating up again. Do you think there will be another revolution, this time against the Muslim Brotherhood?

I can’t call what has been going on in Egypt for two years a revolution, but I can call such an event an uprising. An uprising consists of multiple, massive protests against the existing system, while revolution is to overthrow that system. In Egypt, the system has always been as it is now, Islamic supremacy dominated by an Islamic mentality. In Egypt, the uprising so far has resulted in a power shift within the existing system, such as Mubarak leaving and Morsi taking his place.

For two years now the Egyptian people have been bravely protesting in the streets and squares around the country but, unfortunately, have not yet succeeded in a revolution. Will they succeed in revolution and overturn Islamic supremacy, the existing system since Nasser’s coup of 1952, and begin a democracy? This remains to be seen.

Egypt’s youth went out to protest in the streets on January 25, 2011 and these sustained protests grew into a prolonged uprising. The Muslim Brotherhood attached itself to this uprising to usurp power from Mubarak. Now with the help of foreign power and currency, the Muslim Brotherhood will overwhelm the uprising once again as they did in the earliest stage of the uprising with their balancing act of propagandizing the West and using their militia force. It does not look good for the future of Egypt.

2. What is life like for Egyptian Christians under the Muslim Brotherhood?

The plight of the Egyptian Christians today entails Christian women living in fear of attacks by Muslim gangs because they do not wear the veil. As before, Christians are subject to open discrimination by Muslim Koran-adherents who frequently commit acts of destruction of Christian property and routinely threaten and take the lives of Copts. Muslim mobs randomly bomb church buildings, set them on fire or use bulldozers and hatchets to demolish them   — this violence now accelerated under Morsi. Worshippers coming and going from church are at high risk of never returning home, a familiar scenario for Copts.

In this new political climate, the Muslim nemesis has been emboldened. Muslim vigilantes have now revived (unofficially) the anti-Copt Hamayouni Decree of 1856. Accordingly, Muslims actively forbid Christian burials in Christian cemeteries where Muslim cemeteries are nearby — believing that the corpse of a Christian should never be interred within proximity of a buried Muslim. Is this perhaps the ultimate act of bigotry?

3. Does Egypt’s new constitution discriminate against or make life difficult/dangerous for Christians?

Egypt’s new constitution is consistent with and generally supports the discriminatory behavior described in my answer to the previous question and will ultimately endanger the lives of all Egyptians. For the Brotherhood, any approved Egyptian constitution is a façade for the benefit of the West. A constitution’s sole value is to impose religious Sharia law through drafted articles which are absent of religious freedom and universal human rights. This in turn will degrade the country’s economy as it discourages tourism and Western investments.

4. How do Egypt’s Coptic Christians view Israel?

Islamic bigotry and prejudice against Jews in Egypt predates the Jewish State of Israel. Islam’s discriminatory teachings have dominated Egypt’s culture for centuries and have been passed down through generations, infecting Muslims and Christians alike. Public school textbooks saturate Muslim and non-Muslim children in their formative years with messages of hate toward Israel and Jews. Today Christian Copts are awash in the culture of Islam like fish in water and many grossly err in relation to Christ’s teachings on the issue of Jews and Coptic biblical history and heritage.
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FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Ashraf Ramelah is founder and president of Voice of the Copts, a human rights organization drawing attention to the suffering of Coptic Christians in Egypt and educating as to the chilling effect of Sharia (Islamic law).

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Egyptians:BOYCOTT Egypt’s December 15 Constitution Referendum

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a_mural_of_Egypts_President_Mohamed_Mursi_on_the_wall_of_the_presidential_palace_in_Cairo_ReutersA mural of Egypts President Mohamed Mursi on the wall of the presidential palace in Cairo Reuters

 

Voice of the Copts:

Call to all Egyptians:

BOYCOTT
Egypt’s December 15 Constitution Referendum
and
Call to the International Community:
CONDEMN
Egypt’s new regime
Voice of the Copts appeals to all Egyptian freedom fighters fearlessly and heroically standing up against the Morsi regime: 
We support you as you continue to stand up and exercise enormous courage once again as when recently you opposed the dictatorial constitutional amendment of November 22 made by Mr. Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood party. Your bold action obligated Mr. Morsi to withdraw the power grab he executed in defiance of democratic principles. Now he has backed down and responded to your demands thanks to your brave persistence
All Egyptians must now likewise oppose Mr. Morsi’s new constitution draft by boycotting the December 15 referendum. The new draft promotes anti-democratic Islamic principles of intolerance. With a boycott, Egyptians can avoid another corrupt election and reject the avenue paved by Mr. Morsi toward Islamic Shariah law.
A select group chosen from the Muslim Brotherhood membership seeking Islamic supremacy has written Egypt’s new draft constitution with the future goal of creating an Islamic Umma. Expunge this draft now!
Voice of the Copts appeals to the international community:
Voice of the Copts appeals to leaders of the free world and human rights activists to stand with Egyptian freedom fighters and against any attempt by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood to build a center of Islamic power and jihadist terrorism.
We demand that world leaders withdraw their recognition of Egypt’s phony “pro-democracy” leader, Mr. Morsi, who is backed by the illegal Muslim Brotherhood party. Freeze your political relationships with Egypt, halt all investments and aid to Egypt and force Mr. Morsi’s regime to step down. This will facilitate legitimate democratic goals yet to be achieved by Egypt’s freedom fighters.
Dr. Ashraf Ramelah
Founder and President
Voice of the Copts Coop.

Egyptian President Morsi: A Fugitive Addresses World Leaders

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by ASHRAF  RAMELAH:

Historically, the Egyptian prison cell has been the incubator for monumental  accomplishments, such as the formation of Al Qaeda and the current  presidency of Egypt. It has provided the necessary network, doctrine and  framework to spawn greater goals. Perfect plans have been hatched and prepared  in Egypt’s prison block, allowing bad actors like Muhammad Morsi to plot their  next move. Within a few days of Hosni Mubarak’s confinement of Morsi to the Two  Sahrawi branch of the Wadi el Natruon Penitentiary during Egypt’s January 2011  uprising, Morsi broke out. He was a pawn in the execution of the Muslim  Brotherhood’s long awaited scheme to take over Egypt.

Morsi was under arrest for suspicion of treason and not yet officially a  sentenced criminal at the time of his escape. He might never have received a  trial. Hard core Islamists like Morsi have always been thrown behind bars by  Egypt’s dictators in order to prevent successful insurrections and the rise of  full-blown Sharia.

So on January 29, shortly into the revolutionary crisis and on the fourth day  of telecommunication darkness throughout Egypt (a complete shut down of phones  and internet), the doors of prisons around the country (including the Two  Sahrawi Penitentiary) flung open and prisoners fled to the streets. No sooner  had Morsi emerged from his vault when a satellite phone landed in his hands for  an interview already set up with Al Jazeera. It has been widely speculated  throughout the Arabic press that Hamas terror cells provided this capability and  linked him to the airwaves.

While the overthrow of Mubarak’s reign was underway, it was rumored that  Mubarak himself had set Morsi free along with Muslim Brotherhood leaders and the  whole of Egypt’s criminal lot in order to sic them on protestors in the streets.  But it is now widely believed that Mubarak never ordered open the prison doors,  at least not at the Two Sahrawi. According to many Egyptian sources in the  Arabic press (see journalist Tawfik Okasha YouTube video investigation in  June 2012 at Al- Phareen in Egypt), Mubarak considered Morsi a realistic  threat to his government.

Intelligence coming from the Egyptian Secret Service indicated to Mubarak’s  regime that Morsi was a spy cooperating with the CIA to overtake the uprising of  January 25. Supposedly, Mubarak was informed that the Muslim Brotherhood  received the sum of two billion dollars via Qatar. Where Mubarak never really  feared fredom fighting youths, the Muslim Brotherhood was a formidable  force.

Three months later at the end of April, Morsi became president of the newly  formed political party of the banned Muslim Brotherhood called Freedom and  Justice which would catapult him to the top position in the country in just  another fourteen months. Throughout the pre-election season of 2012, Morsi had  always been known as the “stebn,” the Arabic term for the proverbial spare tire.  This meant he waited on the sidelines as an alternative candidate of the Freedom  and Justice Party in Egypt’s presidential bid second to the favored Keraat El  Shater. It was anticipated El Shater would be blocked by the election commission  and become an illegal selection.

Then began the campaign of deception where the Muslim Brotherhood appeared to  the outside world (i.e. the American administration) to be moderates and  democracy lovers and attempted to convince freedom fighters inside Egypt who  shed blood for this debacle that their views were considered and respected and  their goals were one and the same with the Muslim Brotherhood. Of course at this  time, Morsi emphasized how he would respect all international treaties including  the 1979 peace agreement with Israel. The “ballot gazwa,” referred to as a  “democratic election” by Morsi and the West, brought Morsi to power after his  party members delivered groceries and cash to buy votes. As the world knows by  now Morsi represents the worst possible outcome for Copts, all freedom-loving  Egyptians, the Middle East and the West.

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FamilySecurityMatters.org  Contributing Editor Ashraf Ramelah is founder and president of Voice of  the Copts, a human rights organization drawing attention to the  suffering of Coptic Christians in Egypt and educating as to the chilling effect  of Sharia (Islamic law).