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.

Iran: US gave green light to terror attacks

By | 2017-06-11T14:55:09-04:00 June 11th, 2017|News|

Iran blames Saudi Arabia, US, for Tehran terror attacks. By Dalit Halevi  - Arutz Sheva The Hamas terror organization responded to Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel bin AhmedAl-Jubeir's demand that Qatar cease supporting Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. In an official statement, Hamas said al-Jubeir's statements are a "blow to the Palestinian people and to

Qaddafi’s son released by Libyan militia

By | 2017-06-11T14:40:00-04:00 June 11th, 2017|News|

Saif al-Islam Qaddaf-Reuters Saif al-Islam Qaddafi reportedly freed after six years in captivity. By Ben Ariel – Arutz Sheva Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, second son of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, has been freed under an amnesty, the BBC reported Saturday. He had been held by a militia in the town of Zintan for the past six

Arab states blacklist entities associated with Qatar

By | 2017-06-10T11:13:01-04:00 June 10th, 2017|News|

Muslim Brotherhood leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi Muslim Brotherhood leader among 59 individuals blacklisted by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain.   By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva  The row between Qatar and other Arab countries in the Middle East continued on Thursday night, as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt

Erdogan: Qatar doesn’t sponsor terrorism

By | 2017-06-10T09:28:30-04:00 June 10th, 2017|News|

Turkish President insists he has never known Qatar to support terror organizations, urges Saudi Arabia to restore ties. By  Ben Arie – Arutz Sheva Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday claimed that he has never known Qatar to give support to terror organizations, AFP reported. His comments came after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain

Why ISIS hates the Kurds

By | 2017-06-09T11:19:23-04:00 June 9th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Why does Islamic State hate Kurdish armed groups? And why does Turkey try to equate the Kurds with ISIS? By Uzay Bulut - Arutz Sheva The Turkish government has repeatedly declared that the Islamic State (DAESH/ISIS/IS) is the same as the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), the PYD (the Syrian-Kurdish Democratic Union Party), and the YPG

McMaster, MEATO and the war against Iran and ISIS

By | 2017-06-09T11:03:48-04:00 June 9th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Islamic terror group In 2014 only one analyst saw the alliance between the Sunni nations and Israel beginning to coalesce. Now it is an open secret. By Mark Langfan - Arutz Sheva Over 3 years ago, on April 13, 2014, the social media response to my article, “MEATO: The Trans-Riyadh-Jerusalem-Athens Alliance” was disparaging, to say the

Al-Jazeera comes under hacker attack

By | 2017-06-09T10:34:54-04:00 June 9th, 2017|News|

Pan-Arab satellite network says it is combating a large-scale cyber attack on its media platform. By Arutz Sheva Staff Pan-Arab satellite network Al-Jazeera said on Thursday it is combating a large-scale cyber attack on its media platform, though it stressed that all its entities remain operational. "There were attempts made on the cyber security of Al-Jazeera but we are

Arab states blacklist entities associated with Qatar

By | 2017-06-09T10:18:58-04:00 June 9th, 2017|News|

Muslim Brotherhood leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi among 59 individuals blacklisted by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain. By Elad Benari - Arutz Sheva The row between Qatar and other Arab countries in the Middle East continued on Thursday night, as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain collectively blacklisted 59 individuals