Center for Religious Freedom

A blood-stained image of Jesus Christ outside the Al-Qiddissine (The Saints) church after an overnight car bomb attack in Alexandria, January 1, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian Coptic Christians at the Virgin Mary church on May 16, 2014 in Cairo's Road al-Farag district. (VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images)

Israelis mourn and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on June 30, 2014 after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found. (OREN ZIV/AFP/Getty Images)

An Iraqi security officer stands guard outside the Church of the Virgin Mary in Bartala, June 15, 2012. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a Friday Mass at the Virgin Mary church on May 16, 2014 in Cairo's Road al-Farag district. (VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi priest Monsignor Pios Cacha celebrating a mass at the Mar Yussef Church in central Baghdad, February 22, 2013. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

An Iraqi Christian family live in a tent at a displacement camp for Christians after having to flee their district on June 26, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Iraqi Christians at St. Joseph church in Arbil, Iraq, on April 12, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)