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.

Lebanese are descendants of Canaanites

By | 2017-07-30T18:46:58-04:00 July 30th, 2017|Archeology and History|

New study analyzes remains of ancient Canaanites, finds modern Lebanese are 93% genetically similar. By Arutz Sheva Staff A new genetic study proves the modern-day Lebanese are descendants of the ancient Canaanites (Phoenicians). In the study, published in American Journal of Human Genetics, scientists managed to extract DNA from five people buried in the ancient city of Sidon

‘Al-Aqsa agreement betrays Allah’

By | 2017-07-28T12:33:40-04:00 July 28th, 2017|Islam, News|

Radical Sheikh Raed Salah rules out any agreement with Israel which recognizes its presence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. By Dalit Halevi – Arutz Sheva Sheikh Raed Salah, the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, on Thursday criticized the arrangement which saw Israel dismantling the electronic security detectors at the entrance to the

Abbas archrival meets Hamas parliamentarians

By | 2017-07-28T12:15:38-04:00 July 28th, 2017|News|

Mohammed Dahlan -Flash 90 Mohammed Dahlan, PA chairman's exiled rival, takes part in public meeting with Hamas members of parliament. By Elad Benar – Arutz Sheva Mohammed Dahlan, Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas's exiled rival, on Thursday took part in a public meeting with Hamas members of parliament for the first time

Arab League: Israel ‘playing with fire’

By | 2017-07-28T11:29:37-04:00 July 28th, 2017|Islam, News|

Arab League chief warns that Israel could ignite a religious war over the Temple Mount. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva  The head of the Arab League warned on Thursday that Israel could ignite a “religious war” with its attempts to “control” highly sensitive religious sites in Jerusalem. Israel's actions are "playing with fire, and

Is the world ‘Juden Mude’- tired of the Jews?

By | 2017-07-28T01:38:55-04:00 July 28th, 2017|Op-Eds|

jewish-history-auschwitz The West does not realize that Israel, whose suffering it belittles and ignores, represents a promise for all mankind. Opinion. By Giulio Meotti – Arutz Sheva Three Israelis killed in the beautiful Neve Tzuf-Halamish community, a small human masterpiece that the world calls a "settlement". Three Jews, a father and his two

The Palestinian Arab state within the Green Line

By | 2017-07-28T01:10:26-04:00 July 28th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Arab state within the Green Line PM Netanyahu should spend less time asking Abbas to call Israel a “Jewish State,” and more time enforcing the fact that “Israel is an Israeli State.” By Mark Langfan – Arutz Sheva Israelis endlessly debate the existential threat of a possible future Palestinian Arab State in the 'West

Al-Jazeera dismisses Netanyahu’s threat

By | 2017-07-28T00:53:19-04:00 July 28th, 2017|News|

Qatari-owned network rejects Netanyahu's call to have it expelled from Israel due to incitement. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva The Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera network on Thursday rejected calls from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to have it expelled from Israel due to incitement. Netanyahu had pledged on Wednesday to work to remove Al-Jazeera from Israel. "The Al-Jazeera network does not cease to incite to

Hamas dismisses ECJ ruling on terror list

By | 2017-07-27T16:51:11-04:00 July 27th, 2017|News|

Hamas rejects ruling of European Court of Justice that the organization should be left on the EU list of terror   organizations. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Hamas on Wednesday dismissed the ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the organization should be left on the European Union's (EU) list of terror organizations. Hamas,

Netanyahu: Al-Jazeera will be gone from Israel

By | 2017-07-27T16:32:50-04:00 July 27th, 2017|News|

Al-Jazeera offices in Ramallah -Flash 90 Prime Minister Netanyahu vows to pass the necessary laws to remove Qatari network from Israel. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sharply criticized the Al-Jazeera network on Wednesday evening, and declared that he would work to remove it from Israel. "The Al-Jazeera network does not cease to

Iran successfully tests spacecraft

By | 2017-07-27T16:21:20-04:00 July 27th, 2017|Reports|

Iranian media outlet claims Tehran regime succeeds in testing of Simorgh space vehicle, capable of deploying satellites into space. By David Rosenberg – Arutz Sheva An Iranian media outlet has claimed that a test space launch of an Iranian-made spacecraft was successfully completed. Iran’s PRESSTV, an affiliate of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting network, announced Thursday afternoon