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.

‘Al-Aqsa must be returned to Palestinian hands’

By | 2017-07-19T10:53:52-04:00 July 19th, 2017|Islam, News|

Senior PA official warns of an escalation following Israel's security measures on the Temple Mount. By Dalit Halev – Arutz Sheva Mahmoud Al-Habbash, president of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) judicial system and an advisor to PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas on religious affairs, on Monday blasted the security measures taken by Israel following last Friday’s attack on

Jordanian parliament praises Temple Mount terror attack

By | 2017-07-17T12:23:18-04:00 July 17th, 2017|Islam, News|

'Our martyrs are watering the holy land', say Jordanian lawmakers after 3 Israeli Arab terrorists killed Israeli officers. By David Rosenberg – Arutz Sheva After Jordan’s King Abdullah II condemned the murder of two Israeli Border Police officers near the Temple Mount on Friday, some Jordanian lawmakers voiced support for the three murderers, praising them as “martyrs”, Yediot

Waqf refuses to comply with new security measures

By | 2017-07-17T11:41:38-04:00 July 17th, 2017|Islam, News|

Waqf calls magnometers placed on Temple Mount after terror attack last week 'violation of status quo.' By Arutz Sheva Staff  The Muslim Waqf, headed by the Mufti of Jerusalem, is refusing to cooperate with the new security procedures that police are seeking to institute on the Temple Mount following the murderous attack at the compound last Friday.

ISIS car bomb factory displayed in Mosul

By | 2017-07-17T11:20:34-04:00 July 17th, 2017|News|

ISIS car bombs - Reuters Iraqi army reveals car bombs developed by ISIS to use against Iraqi army bases. By Rafael Levy – Arutz Sheva The Iraqi army has displayed a series of captured armored car bomb vehicles used by ISIS against military bases in Iraq. The car bombs were built to reach

UNESCO gave the green light to kill Israelis on the Temple Mount

By | 2017-07-16T20:11:11-04:00 July 16th, 2017|Op-Eds|

By Giulio Meotti – Arutz Sheva Unesco's two resolutions on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which gave Islam absolute sovereignty over Judaism's most holy site, did not mention the fact that the terrorist attacks “on behalf of the Mosque of Al Aqsa” had already counted thousands of victims in Israel. That this “noble sanctury”, a religious symbol, is

Hamas, Islamic Jihad welcome Jerusalem attack

By | 2017-07-16T19:50:39-04:00 July 16th, 2017|Islam, News|

Hamas-militants Hamas says Temple Mount attack is a natural response to Israeli "terrorism". Islamic Jihad calls attack "heroic". By Arutz Sheva North America Staff The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist groups on Friday welcomed the attack on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in which two Israeli police officers were murdered. The attack was carried out

EU, UN condemn Temple Mount attack

By | 2017-07-16T19:23:14-04:00 July 16th, 2017|News|

  United Nations logo European Union and UN Secretary-General condemn terrorist attack in Jerusalem, urge preservation of Temple Mount status quo. By Elad Benari, Canada – Arutz Sheva,  The European Union on Friday condemned the terrorist attack at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, in which two police officers were murdered. “The fatal terror attack launched

Israel outraged by Jordan’s reaction to terror attack

By | 2017-07-16T13:25:21-04:00 July 16th, 2017|Islam, News|

Israel-Jordan borderi - Stock Jordanian government demands Israel immediately re-open the Al-Aqsa Mosque to worshipers. Israel: Jordan escalating the situation. By Ben Ariel, Canada – Arutz Sheva Jordan on Friday condemned the violence in Jerusalem but also demanded that Israel "immediately" reopen the Temple Mount compound for Muslim worshipers. Israel closed down the

Arab Temple Mount official linked to Hamas terror group

By | 2017-07-16T13:09:32-04:00 July 16th, 2017|Islam, News|

Temple Mount linked to Hamas Indictment filed against Arab Temple Mount leader for working with terror organization, holding position in unlawful organization. By Shlomo Pyutrikovsky – Arutz Sheva An indictment on Thursday was filed at the Jerusalem District Court against Hamas' Al-Shabab al-Aqsa leader Nahad Zayyeir. Al-Shabab al-Aqsa is a religious organization which