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.

US court forbids mention of ‘Islam’, ‘Muslim’ at public hearing

By | 2017-08-02T10:10:06-04:00 August 2nd, 2017|Islam, News|

Court favors group tied to 'strategy to engage in grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within...' By Mordechai Sones – Arutz Sheva In a settlement agreement which reads more like a declaration of surrender, Bernards Township, New Jersey officials agreed that in addition to a $3.5 million payment to Islamic Society of

What kind of society has the Palestinian Authority created?

By | 2017-08-02T00:09:21-04:00 August 2nd, 2017|Op-Eds|

  pal-children Would any Israeli mother raise her children to become kidnappers and murderers and proudly say so to journalists? By Mark Silverberg – Arutz Sheva On July 14th, Palestinian terrorists smuggled guns into their own holy site, then used those guns to murder two Israeli Druze police officers guarding one of the entrances

Egyptian resort terrorist tried to join ISIS

By | 2017-07-31T15:42:05-04:00 July 31st, 2017|Islam, News|

Egyptian man who stabbed three foreign tourists to death at Red Sea resort had tried to join Islamic State. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva An Egyptian man who stabbed three foreign tourists to death and wounded three others at a Red Sea resort earlier this month had tried to join Islamic State (ISIS), two security sources

A Yazidi survivor lauds freedom of religion in Israel

By | 2017-08-02T00:34:34-04:00 July 31st, 2017|Op-Eds|

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Australia foils Islamist-inspired terror attack

By | 2017-07-31T00:29:37-04:00 July 31st, 2017|Islam, News|

Australia arrests four people suspected of plotting to bring down an airplane. By Ben Arie – Arutz Sheva Australia has foiled an Islamist-inspired "terrorist plot" to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, authorities said on Saturday night, after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the plot

Pundit predicts ‘devastating consequences’ of Russia sanctions

By | 2017-07-31T00:15:47-04:00 July 31st, 2017|News|

US sanctions will 'drive Europe into the arms of the Russians and Chinese' and may lead to Russian arming of Iran, says columnist Spengler. By Guy Cohen – Arutz Sheva New sanctions against Russia passed by the House and Senate last week are "the dumbest and most self-destructive act of economic self-harm since the United

Who is the real owner here?

By | 2017-07-30T19:41:35-04:00 July 30th, 2017|Op-Eds|

the real owner Raed Salah knows that allowing Israel to require Muslims to be checked before ascending the Mount means Jews are the proprietors. By Dr. Mordechai Kedar – Arutz Sheva During one of the previous cycles of Muslim violence in Jerusalem, Sheikh Ichrima Zabri, then Mufti of Jerusalem and Falestin, declared: "We

Iran vows ‘strong answer’ to American sanctions

By | 2017-07-30T19:23:10-04:00 July 30th, 2017|News|

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister blasts Senate's passing of bill imposing new sanctions on his country. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister reacted angrily to the United States' decision to impose new sanctions on his country and vowed to take action. His comments came during an urgent meeting of a parliamentary committee

North Korea test fires another ICBM

By | 2017-07-30T18:54:31-04:00 July 30th, 2017|News|

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches ballistic missile launch (archive) -Reuters North Korea test fires what appears to be an intercontinental ballistic missile. By Elad Benari, Canada – Arutz Sheva North Korea on Friday test fired what appeared to be another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), AFP reported. The latest test just hours after the