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.

Footage of Temple Mount attack

By | 2017-07-15T14:40:37-04:00 July 15th, 2017|Islam, News|

Temple Mount attack Security camera footage shows Jerusalem terrorists took advantage of holy site to carry out the attack. By Elad Benari, Canada Arutz Sheva Video from security cameras obtained by the police shows the first moments of Friday morning’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem, in which police officers Haiel Sitawe and Kamil Shnaan were

Two tourists killed in stabbing in Egyptian resort

By | 2017-07-15T14:23:57-04:00 July 15th, 2017|Islam, News|

Two foreign tourists killed in stabbing attack at resort in the Sinai Peninsula. Attacked arrested and questioned. By Ben Ariel, Canada – Arutz Sheva Two foreign women tourists were killed on Friday and four others were wounded in a stabbing attack at the Egyptian beach resort of Hurghada in the Sinai Peninsula, officials said, according

Israel thanks Egypt for restoring ancient synagogue

By | 2017-07-12T13:56:57-04:00 July 12th, 2017|News|

Israel thanks the Egyptian government for its decision to renovate the ancient synagogue in Alexandria. By Ben Ariel – Arutz Sheva Israel has thanked the Egyptian government for its decision to renovate the ancient synagogue in Alexandria, Army Radio reported on Tuesday. According to the radio station, the Israeli embassy in Cairo issued a statement saying that Israel appreciates

Syrian sources: ISIS leader al-Baghdadi ‘confirmed’ dead

By | 2017-07-12T12:25:01-04:00 July 12th, 2017|News|

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims to have 'confirmed information' from ISIS sources that ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was killed.  By Arutz Sheva Staff The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims to have "confirmed information" that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has been killed. The Observatory claims that its sources are high-level ISIS commanders.

UN: Gaza may be already unlivable

By | 2017-07-12T11:37:19-04:00 July 12th, 2017|News|

Gaza buffer zone on Egyptian border UN official says Hamas-run enclave has reached 'point of unlivability' amid water and electricity crisis. By AFP - Arutz Sheva Staff The Gaza Strip may already be "unlivable", a United Nations official warned Tuesday, after a decade of Hamas rule and a partial Egyptian Israeli blockade. Robert

Trump: ISIS’s days are ‘numbered’

By | 2017-07-11T12:42:45-04:00 July 11th, 2017|Islam, News|

Trump welcomes recapture of Mosul from ISIS. By Ben Ariel – Arutz Sheva U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday welcomed the recapture of the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists, adding it means that the group's days in Iraq and Syria "are numbered." Trump said in a written statement quoted by The Associated Press that the

Egyptian officers kill 6 ISIS sympathizers

By | 2017-07-11T12:31:12-04:00 July 11th, 2017|News|

Egyptian police kill six jihadists in gunfight during a raid on their Nile valley hideout. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Egyptian police killed six jihadists who allegedly adhered to the Islamic State (ISIS) group's beliefs when a gunfight erupted Monday during a raid on their Nile valley hideout, the government said, according to the AFP news

Identity erasure: Threat to Copts in Egypt

By | 2017-07-11T02:06:56-04:00 July 11th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Throughout the modern history of Egypt, Copts have been pressured by the Islamic state to become Arab – to assume the Arab-Muslim identity. By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah - Voice of the Copts Westerners dealing with global jihad can heed a warning through examination of the struggles of one of the longest surviving and largest remaining

U.S. soldier arrested over support for ISIS

By | 2017-07-11T00:45:38-04:00 July 11th, 2017|Islam, News|

U.S. Army soldier arrested by the FBI in Hawaii for allegedly providing material support to ISIS. By Elad Benari  - Arutz Sheva An active duty soldier in the U.S. Army was arrested over the weekend by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges, for allegedly providing material support to the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group,