Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, Author at Voice of the Copts

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.

Coptic Orthodox in Al Minya, Egypt celebrate Holy Friday over ashes

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah| 2019-05-01T23:36:08-04:00 May 1st, 2019|Reports|

As the Orthodox in Egypt and around the world began their holy week last week on Sunday, April 21, Christians around the world mourned the Sri Lanka church bombing where more than three hundred Catholic Christians were killed celebrating Easter. For Copts, the explosion of bombs inside the three Sri Lanka churches brought to memory

Al Sisi’s presidential ambitions conflict with Egypt’s constitution

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah| 2019-04-05T12:03:12-04:00 April 5th, 2019|Op-Eds|

By virtue of its own authority every dictatorial power -- whether of military, religious or national -- creates for the country a vital, intellectual space or atmosphere where propaganda can flourish. This is the means to enact authoritarian projects for the purpose of tightening a grip on society and to justify repressive actions. One such

New Zealand mosque attack: Egypt’s grand imam schools the West on terror equality

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah| 2019-03-29T14:26:00-04:00 March 29th, 2019|Islam, Op-Eds|

The following includes a brief review of how Islam realized its presence in a country such as New Zealand (Muslims are one percent) by way of intentional Islamization efforts and export across the world. The grand imam of Al-Azhar Institute, Ahmed Al Tayib, responded to the New Zealand tragedy with comments consistent with the context

One year, one kilometer apart … same persecution of Copts

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah| 2018-11-05T20:08:13-04:00 November 4th, 2018|Press Releases|

Once again, we are forced to report another deadly Islamic attack on Egyptian Copts. This latest attack on November 2 is almost an exact copy of the one that took place in the same location nearly one year ago. A group of Coptic tourists from Al-Minya and Suhag, Upper Egypt, in three minibuses left the Monastery

Shannon Taylor on The Conversation with Ashraf Ramelah

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah| 2018-09-05T15:07:10-04:00 September 5th, 2018|Media|

Shannon Taylor https://youtu.be/fMhNp7blPiI

My Story – The journey that opened my heart to the Coptic crisis outside of Egypt

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah| 2018-07-27T01:16:51-04:00 July 27th, 2018|Reports|

After interviewing Coptic religious refugees residing in temporary camps in southern Italy and compiling and publishing their stories in our Series #1 – 22 (please see links below), I now share with you my own personal story of coming to the West that generated my heartfelt interest in initiating the La Casa Futura project.

The personal stories of Egyptian refugees – Series No.22 of 22

By Dr. Ashraf Ramelah| 2018-07-17T00:14:33-04:00 July 17th, 2018|Reports|

The following narratives introduce individuals who are detained in refugee camps. They are in desperate need of the La Casa Futura project currently underway by Voice of the Copts. Egyptian youths have been uprooted and displaced for various reasons all related to religious persecution. Names have been changed to protect identities. Narratives are based on