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.

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By | 2013-01-21T18:17:54-04:00 January 21st, 2013|Reports|

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By | 2013-01-21T01:16:06-04:00 January 21st, 2013|Islam|

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‘I did it’ Obama’s quick remark after taking the oath of office

By | 2013-01-21T00:05:18-04:00 January 21st, 2013|News|

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‘Muslim Patrol’ vigilantes attempt to control London streets

By | 2013-01-20T22:22:42-04:00 January 20th, 2013|Islam|

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Qaeda commander Belmokhtar claims mass-hostage taking in Algeria

By | 2013-01-20T21:10:25-04:00 January 20th, 2013|News|

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Death Toll Skyrockets in Algeria’s Al Qaeda Attack

By | 2013-01-20T20:31:21-04:00 January 20th, 2013|News|

There has been a surge in the death toll in the attack by Al Qaeda-linked terrorists on a gas installation in southern Algeria, authorities say.   The Algerian government previously informed journalists that 32 hostages and 23 terrorists were killed in the siege by Algerian special ops forces intended to free nationals from ten different

Kidnappers said were after ‘crusaders’ not Algerians: freed hostage

By | 2013-01-19T23:37:31-04:00 January 19th, 2013|News|

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Hizbullah Behind Burgas Bombing

By | 2013-01-19T22:50:37-04:00 January 19th, 2013|News|

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