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.

All roads lead to Jihad

By | 2017-08-29T10:40:15-04:00 August 29th, 2017|Op-Eds|

jihad The names of two of the Catalonia terrorists are listed as donors to the mosque whose Imam turned them on to terror. By Daniel Greenfield – Arutz Sheva  Cambrils, Spain. The road to September 11 wended its way through this Spanish town where Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker, met up with Ramzi

Nasrallah: Netanyahu is ‘crying’ about ISIS losses

By | 2017-08-29T10:19:53-04:00 August 29th, 2017|News|

Hezbollah leader claims Netanyahu and other Israeli officials are upset that Hezbollah defeated ISIS in Syria. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Monday mocked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and claimed that he is “crying” over the downfall of the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Syria. "The ones who are crying

Al Jazeera dredges up Ukrainian blood libel

By | 2017-08-29T09:47:39-04:00 August 29th, 2017|News|

Al Jazeera head offices in Doha, QatarThink stock Network reports on Ukrainian woman claiming she killed children during her IDF service - even though her story was already debunked in 2013. By Tal Polon – Arutz Sheva As Israel works to shut down the offices of the Qatari news network Al Jazeera in Jerusalem, the

Russian policeman killed in ISIS-claimed stabbing attack

By | 2017-08-28T21:49:16-04:00 August 28th, 2017|News|

ISIS claims responsibility for deadly attack. Russian authorities investigate attack as a criminal incident. By Gary Willig -– Arutz Sheva A Russian policeman was killed in an Islamist stabbing attack in the Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus region Monday evening. A second policeman was wounded. The policemen were attacked by two men who proceeded to

Terror group promises to continue fight for ‘liberation’

By | 2017-08-28T21:06:34-04:00 August 28th, 2017|News|

Military-terrorist wing of DFLP says it will continue fighting for the "liberation of Palestine". By Dalit Halevi -– Arutz Sheva The National Resistance Brigades, the military-terrorist wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), on Sunday published a video entitled "The Struggle Continues" on the occasion of the third anniversary of the

Hamas: Iran ties restored

By | 2017-08-28T15:54:43-04:00 August 28th, 2017|News|

Terrorist group leader says rift with Iran over Syrian civil war resolved, Iran 'developing our military strength to liberate Palestine.' By AFP – Arutz Sheva  The Gaza head of the Hamas said on Monday it had increased its military capabilities thanks to newly improved relations with Iran. In a rare meeting with a small number

Barcelona’s Chief Rabbi said it all

By | 2017-08-27T12:02:23-04:00 August 27th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Barcelona The rabbi was correct in saying that Europe is lost, but not only for Jews. By Giulio Meotti  – Arutz Sheva Barcelona's chief rabbi has urged Jews to move to Israel because "Europe is lost" to radical Islam. Rabbi Meir Bar-Hen has been encouraging his congregation to flee Spain, which he called a "hub of Islamist