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Friday, July 13, 2018

Voice Of The Copts

Voice of the Copts, a nonprofit organization, fights the spread of Islamic supremacy and Sharia throughout the Western world through education, advocacy and action. By drawing attention to the suffering of Coptic Christians in Egypt, it endeavors to educate the Western world as to the chilling effect of Sharia (Islamic law). Founded in 2007 by Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, Voice of the Copts focuses on three key issues: freedom of religion, cultural identity and women’s rights.

The personal stories of Egyptian refugees – Series No.22 of 22
 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 true accounts of actual events. 
For 35 years, Afaf’s Coptic community was waiting for a permit to build a church. After demonstrating patience for so long, the Coptic villagers became frustrated with the thought of waiting any longer. They began to re-think the use of their property and decided to request a permit to build an orphanage instead. The permit was granted.
The Copts began building the structure, and everything was going fine until the laborers reached the top of the building to begin framing the cupola. Although Copts were within their legal bounds, the cupola was seen as an offense to their Muslim neighbors. 
After prayers on Friday afternoon, Muslims came directly from their mosque service to the orphanage under construction carrying cans of kerosene, torches and Molotov cocktails. Some of them stacked piles of wood from the construction site and set it ablaze while others tossed the cocktails up to the framed cupola and set it on fire. 
Gun shots were fired into the air to kick start the festivities -- their normal practice to intimidate the church community. They ended their fun with yelps of “Allah u Akbar” -- giving honor to Allah. None of these folks were declared jihadists but just ordinary citizens of an Egyptian village. 
After this, Afaf’s family and church community were required to be at an “arbitration” hearing – a quasi-legal entity outside the courts – so that justice could be served upon this horrible ordeal. The final decision: Afaf’s whole community was forced to turn over their private property to the perpetrators – homes and belongings – and permanently leave their village. 
As forced immigrants, some of the Copts re-settled in various parts of Egypt to begin again from scratch. Afaf’s family encouraged her to leave Egypt because it would now be nearly impossible for them to help her as they had always planned. 
Afaf is almost 18 years old and now resides in a refugee camp outside of Egypt. She has nowhere to turn. She remains hopeful and firm in her resolve to create a stable life for herself. Western culture will afford her the liberty to practice her religion without fear of repercussions. 
Afaf needs our helpThe La Casa Futura project is the only concrete solution for Afaf on her journey to achieve her goals.
Right now, she must survive the crisis she is in. As we seek to secure the La Casa Futura program for Afaf and others like her, we really need your help. 
Donating $5, 10, 20, 50, 100… or more to this valuable project will make a world of difference for Afaf and others like her. 
Please donate today to save the futures of those who have no choice but to begin life without family or country.
Thank you. 
 La Casa Futura project currently consists of one dormitory building providing help for up to 100 youths per session. Each session provides language learning, job direction, and cultural understanding. LCF is in its initial stage of development as we seek financial backers and matching funds for individual donations.
Please donate today! Thank you. 
 La Casa Futura project currently consists of one dormitory building providing help for up to 100 youths per session. Each session provides language learning, job direction, and cultural understanding. LCF is in its initial stage of development as we seek financial backers and matching funds for individual donationshttps://www.voiceofthecopts.org/la-casa-futura-update/
 
 
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For more information regarding Voice of the Copts please visit: 
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P.S. Your support is meaningful, impactful and potentially will save the lives of Christians around the world living under persecution.

 
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.
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.

 
La Casa Futura: Achieving independence for Egyptian youths in the freedom of the West
Rome, Italy. -– a Voice of the Copts’ project
La Casa Futura assists refugee youths fleeing from Egypt due to religious persecution. La Casa Futura is a two-year assimilation program in a residence building for young men and women (ages 15-20 years old) coming from Italian refugee camps. Language classes, vocational training and assistance for legal status in Italy are provided.

 
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