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.

Fatah praises Har Adar terrorist

By | 2017-09-29T14:33:29-04:00 September 29th, 2017|News|

Facebook page of Abbas' Fatah movement praises terrorist who murdered 3 Israelis, calls terrorist a 'Martyr.' By Gary Willig – Arutz Sheva Nimer Mahmoud Ahmed Aljamal, the terrorist who murdered three Israelis in an attack at the entrance to the Jewish town of Har Adar Tuesday morning, was praised as a 'Martyr' by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud

Erdogan threatens to halt renewed Israel ties over Kurdish state

By | 2017-09-29T12:29:39-04:00 September 29th, 2017|News|

'If Israel does not reconsider its support for Kurdish independence, Turkey will not be able to take many steps we would have with Israel.' By JTA – Arutz Sheva President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey threatened to halt steps being taken toward normalization with Israel if it does not end its support for an independent

Turkey threatens ‘ethnic war’ over Kurdish independence

By | 2017-09-29T11:25:47-04:00 September 29th, 2017|News|

Erdogan warns Iraqi Kurdish leader against pushing for independence following referendum. 'Waving Israeli flags will not save you.' By AFP – Arutz Sheva AFP - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday warned the Iraqi Kurdish leader against pushing for independence after holding a non-binding referendum, saying such a move risked sparking an "ethnic war" in

Iran: Claims we’re working with North Korea are ‘nonsense’

By | 2017-09-29T10:10:00-04:00 September 29th, 2017|News|

Iran-North Korea Iran rejects Trump's suggestion that it was working with North Korea on missile development. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Iran said Monday that suggestions by U.S. President Donald Trump that it was working with North Korea on missile development were "nonsense", AFP reported. On Saturday, Trump responded to Iran’s claim that it conducted a

Officials: Iran’s ballistic missile test was fake

By | 2017-09-29T09:59:08-04:00 September 29th, 2017|News|

iran missile U.S. officials say Iran did not actually launch a ballistic missile this past weekend and had used an old video. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Sources in the U.S. said on Monday that Iran’s launch of a new type of medium-range ballistic missile was fake, according to Fox News. Iranian media reported on

Kurdish independence referendum ends peacefully

By | 2017-09-29T09:47:37-04:00 September 29th, 2017|News|

Kurdish women show off ink-stained fingers following vote in independence referendum -Reuter 80% of eligible voters cast ballots in referendum for independence. 'This is the best day of my life.' By Gary Willig – Arutz Sheva Thousands of residents of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq cast their votes in a historic referendum

Conference of Presidents: UN High Commissioner abused authority

By | 2017-09-29T09:32:14-04:00 September 29th, 2017|News|

Leaders say UN High Commissioner for Human Rights complicit in blatantly discriminatory campaign against Israel by Human Rights Council. By Arutz Sheva Staff – Arutz Sheva Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Chairman Stephen M. Greenberg, and Executive Vice Chairman/CEO Malcolm Hoenlein charged UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein with abusing his

Abbas praises Trump’s seriousness about peace

By | 2017-09-25T13:01:39-04:00 September 25th, 2017|News|

Abbas and Trump - Reuters PA chairman praises Trump for his efforts to achieve a peace deal with Israel. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday praised U.S. Donald Trump for his efforts to resume peace talks between Israel and the PA. Speaking at a meeting

Iran blasts ‘ignorant’ Trump

By | 2017-09-25T10:50:10-04:00 September 25th, 2017|News|

Mohammad Javad Zarif Iran’s Foreign Minister says Trump’s UN speech shows his lack of knowledge about Tehran’s fight against terrorism. By Elad Benari – Arutz Sheva Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Tuesday blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks in his speech before the UN General Assembly, calling them “shameless and ignorant”, Reuters reported. Zarif