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.

Sisi signs controversial NGO bill

By | 2017-05-29T22:28:18-04:00 May 29th, 2017|News|

Egyptian President signs into law contentious bill to regulate non-governmental organizations. By Ben Ariel - Arutz Sheva Egyptian President Abdel fattah al-Sisi has signed into law a contentious new bill to regulate non- governmental organizations, the AFP news agency reported on Monday. Sisi approved the law on May 24 after parliament approved it in November

Egypt blocks newspaper website over ‘support for terrorism’

By | 2017-05-29T09:44:06-04:00 May 29th, 2017|News|

Egypt blocks website of one of its most prominent financial newspapers as it continues media blackout. By Elad Benari - Arutz Sheva Egypt on Sunday blocked the website of one of its most prominent financial newspapers, the paper's owner said, according to Reuters. The block expands a media blackout initiated last week to curb what

PA admits: Gaza now an independent entity

By | 2017-05-29T09:15:18-04:00 May 29th, 2017|News|

PA spokesman acknowledges the fact that Gaza is now completely run by Hamas. By Dalit Halevi - Aeutz Sheva The Palestinian Authority (PA) government in Ramallah has admitted that Hamas-ruled Gaza has turned into an independent entity. The government on Sunday condemned the unilateral steps taken by Hamas to effectively control Gaza, further deepening the

Abbas is being told to shape up – or else

By | 2017-05-29T00:28:47-04:00 May 29th, 2017|Op-Eds|

Trump is actually telling Abbas the truth - and seeing through Abbas' lies. By David Singer - Arutz Sheva The horrific carnage perpetrated in Manchester on 22 May presented an emotion-charged backdrop to two meetings the next day between President Trump and President Abbas in Bethlehem and President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

Eight dead in Mississippi mass-shootings

By | 2017-05-28T23:49:40-04:00 May 28th, 2017|News|

Officer, seven others killed in pair of shootings in Mississippi. Suspect in custody. By David Rosenberg - Arutz Sheva At least eight people were killed in a pair of shootings in Lincoln County, Mississippi late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, including a law enforcement officer. The incident began in Bogue Chitto, Mississippi Saturday night when

Trump furious with Abbas: You lied to me

By | 2017-05-28T22:37:49-04:00 May 28th, 2017|News|

President Trump reportedly outraged with Palestinian Authority leader. 'The Israelis showed me that you are involved in incitement.' By David Rosenberg - Arutz Sheva President Donald Trump lambasted Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, after the president claims the PA leader deceived him regarding his party’s involvement in anti-Israel incitement. Trump met with Abbas in the

Syrian army kills ISIS ‘war minister’

By | 2017-05-26T01:40:24-04:00 May 26th, 2017|News|

Syrian army says it killed ISIS commander Abu Musab al-Masri. By Ben Ariel - Arutz Sheva The Syrian army said on Wednesday it had killed Islamic State's (ISIS) military commander in Syria during operations in the north of the country, Reuters reported. A Syrian military source told Reuters the ISIS commander, Abu Musab al-Masri, had

Several Arab countries block Al-Jazeera website

By | 2017-05-26T01:12:13-04:00 May 26th, 2017|News|

Website of Qatari-owned television network blocked in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt. By Elad Benari - Arutz Sheva The website of the Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera television network was reportedly blocked on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. CNN reported that the website could not be accessed in the UAE and