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.

US Embassy Warns Americans of Terror Alert in Egypt

By | 2012-10-25T01:10:02-04:00 October 25th, 2012|News|

The US Embassy has warned American citizens in Cairo to remain alert and be aware the diplomatic mission has “credible information” terrorists are “targeting female missionaries in Egypt.”   U.S. citizens were also told the “exercise vigilance, taking necessary precautions to maintain [their] personal security.”   The warning, issued Friday, advised U.S. citizens to keep

Muslims Need to ‘Liberate’ Jerusalem

By | 2012-10-24T14:30:51-04:00 October 24th, 2012|News|

Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, has once again urged the Muslim world to unite and work toward the liberation of Jerusalem from “the Israeli occupation.”   Salah, who is currently in Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, said that the message from “Palestine” to

Qatar Brings New Weapon to Gaza — Money

By | 2012-10-24T13:37:29-04:00 October 24th, 2012|News|

The emir of oil-rich Qatar visited Hamas-controlled Gaza Tuesday, laden with a new weapon - money. The visit was accompanied by bitter condemnation for Israel while upsetting secular Arabs, particularly the Fatah movement led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.   His visit was the first by a foreign leader to Gaza since Hamas overthrow

Taliban Threatens Second Schoolgirl

By | 2012-10-24T13:12:12-04:00 October 24th, 2012|Islam|

Despite a wave of public backlash over the shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousefzai, Taliban terrorists in Pakistan are continuing to target schoolgirls. Teenager Hina Khan’s family recently received a phone call warning, “Hina will be next after Malala.”   Hina Khan, like Malala Yousefzai, has spoken publicly about the need for girls’ education and women’s