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.

Sweden in denial

By | 2017-06-22T11:52:09-04:00 June 22nd, 2017|Islam, News|

Swedish police chief presents new report which finds an increase in the country's 'vulnerable' areas, where police fear to tread. By Mordechai Sones – Arutz Sheva Jihad Watch quotes Emma Löfgren of The Local who reports “5,000 criminals in Sweden’s vulnerable areas" where police fear to tread. Sweden’s national police chief has presented a new report about the

Saudi power realignment may favor Israel

By | 2017-06-21T18:11:43-04:00 June 21st, 2017|News|

Prince ibn Salman, U.S. President Donald Trump, White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, Gary Cohn - Reuters Muhammad bin Salman, the son of King Salman of Saudi Arabia appointed to replace deposed Crown Prince, King's nephew Muhammad bin Nayef. By Mordechai Sones – Arutz Sheva Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz today

He only stole a poster, but he was white and so he was murdered for it

By | 2017-06-21T14:47:40-04:00 June 21st, 2017|Op-Eds|

Some liberals blamed Warmbler for the barbaric North Korean punishment for his taking a poster, mocking "white privilege." Does that excuse the murders of Daniel Pearl, Nicholas Berg, Margaret Hassan and all the others? By Prof. Phyllis Chesler –Arutz Sheva  And so, poor Otto Warmbier has died of severe brain damage. To be specific, the North

Egyptian court rules against island transfer to Saudi Arabia

By | 2017-06-21T13:26:19-04:00 June 21st, 2017|News|

Egypt's high administrative court says previous decisions in favor By Ben Ariel – Arutz Sheva Egypt's high administrative court on Tuesday ruled that previous judicial decisions in favor of transferring the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia were invalid, AFP reported. The accord was first announced in April of 2016, triggering protests by the

How much does the Clinton Foundation really donate to charity?

By | 2017-06-21T12:11:04-04:00 June 21st, 2017|News|

The Clinton Foundation's 2014 tax return tells a different story By Chana Roberts – Arutz Sheva The Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation's tax returns from the year 2014 show that despite the organization's classification as a charitable organization, in fact most of the profits went to employees, and only 3% were donated to the

Gaza in the dark is not so terrible

By | 2017-06-20T18:08:21-04:00 June 20th, 2017|Op-Eds|

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has stopped subsidizing electricity in Gaza; a senior PA official said the reduction is intended to "dry up Hamas' financial resources." Accordingly, the Israelis will cut their supply of electricity to Gaza by 40%. By Prof. Efraim Inbar – Arutz Sheva The Hamas leadership in Gaza has threatened Israel with "an explosion" if it does not

Netanyahu to Abbas: Stop poisoning Palestinian youth

By | 2017-06-20T14:42:40-04:00 June 20th, 2017|News|

Netanyahu blasts PA chairman for his continued incitement and for educating young Palestinian Arabs to murder Israelis. By Elad Benari – Artuz Sheva Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday night blasted Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas for his continued incitement against Israel. In a series of tweets, Netanyhau condemned the PA for naming –

Report: Israel giving secret aid to Syrian rebels

By | 2017-06-19T09:04:26-04:00 June 19th, 2017|Reports|

Sources tell Wall Street Journal Israel has been supplying Syrian rebels with cash, food, fuel and medical supplies. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Israel has been regularly supplying Syrian rebels near its border with cash as well as food, fuel and medical supplies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. According to the report, the IDF