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.

NYC Rally to Demand Senator Reverse Iran Deal Vote

By | 2015-08-20T23:18:10-04:00 August 20th, 2015|News|

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‘Defeat ISIS on the Ground, Like the Nazis Were Defeated’

By | 2015-08-20T11:34:28-04:00 August 20th, 2015|News|

On Thursday, an engineering student from the Kinneret Academic college in northern Israel was charged with joining Islamic State (ISIS).    To examine the growing phenomenon of young Israeli Arabs joining the jihadist group, Arutz Sheva spoke to Dr. Mordechai Kedar, well-known expert on the Middle East and Islam and a regular columnist for Arutz

Six Wounded in Car Bomb Attack in Cairo

By | 2015-08-20T11:00:47-04:00 August 20th, 2015|News|

A large bomb exploded early Thursday morning (local time) near a national security building in the Shubra neighborhood of Cairo, Egyptian security officials said, according to The Associated Press (AP).   At least six people were wounded early in the attack, which was caused by a car bomb, security sources told the Reuters news agency.

ISIS Leader Kept American Captive as Sex Slave

By | 2015-08-17T14:36:58-04:00 August 17th, 2015|News|

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Former Egyptian President Morsi Appeals His Death Sentence

By | 2015-08-17T14:23:37-04:00 August 17th, 2015|News|

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Khamenei: Deal or No Deal, Iran Will ‘Shut’ US Out

By | 2015-08-17T14:01:15-04:00 August 17th, 2015|News|

The fate of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers is still undecided but it will not leave the country open to US influence, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday.   Khamenei, the country's highest authority, said in a statement quoted on his website that Tehran would block any US attempt to influence Iran despite

Iran Promises to ‘Annihilate’ Israel in New Book

By | 2015-08-16T14:40:37-04:00 August 16th, 2015|News|

When the Iran deal was announced last month, US President Barack Obama said "it is possible to change" while referencing Iran's threats to "eradicate Israel," and called for a "different path" of "tolerance" from the Islamic regime.   But now, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has published a new book this week - on

Bin Laden’s Son Calls to ‘Wage Holy War’ on Tel Aviv

By | 2015-08-16T14:13:50-04:00 August 16th, 2015|News|

The Al Qaeda terrorist organization has published a voice recording it claims belongs to Hamza Bin Laden, the son of arch-terrorist and Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden.    The message is believed to be the first time Al Qaeda has presented Hamza Bin Laden as an official member of its organization.    In the