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.

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By | 2017-09-02T23:28:14-04:00 September 2nd, 2017|News|

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By | 2017-09-01T12:58:33-04:00 September 1st, 2017|News|

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Lod mayor confronts imam over mosque loudspeaker

By | 2017-09-01T12:29:15-04:00 September 1st, 2017|Islam, News|

Lod Mayor Yair Lod Mayor Yair Revivo confronts imam over mosque loudspeakers at night, moments before Muslim worshippers attack him. By Arutz Sheva Staff – Arutz Sheva Footage from a confrontation between Lod Mayor Yair Revivo and worshippers at a Lod mosque early Friday morning has surfaced, showing the moments before Revivo was

Trump orders Russia to close San Francisco consulate

By | 2017-08-31T23:51:59-04:00 August 31st, 2017|News|

Trump administration orders Russia to shutter consulate following Russia's order that the U.S. cut its diplomatic personnel in Russia. By Ben Ariel – Arutz Sheva The Trump administration on Thursday ordered Russia to shutter a consulate in San Francisco as well as annexes in Washington and New York, the State Department announced. State Department spokeswoman

Iran: Our military sites are off limits

By | 2017-08-30T13:25:02-04:00 August 30th, 2017|News|

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The case for capital punishment

By | 2017-08-30T02:04:16-04:00 August 30th, 2017|Op-Eds|

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North Korea: Missile launch just ‘the first step’

By | 2017-08-30T01:46:16-04:00 August 30th, 2017|News|

North Korea says its latest launch of a ballistic missile is the first step towards a military operation that will include Guam. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva North Korea’s latest launch of a ballistic missile is just the beginning, Pyongyang warned on Tuesday night, according to Reuters. The North's official KCNA news agency reported that the country’s leader Kim