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Hacer Sahil, 31, an amateur basketball player trains in Istanbul, Thursday May 4, 2017. Basketball enthusiasts around the world said a decision international basketball's governing body, known as FIBA, to allow players to wear religious headgear in competition will encourage more people to play the sport because it gives participants the right to practice their faith and focus on playing ball. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Hacer Sahil, 31, an amateur basketball player trains in Istanbul, Thursday May 4, 2017. Basketball enthusiasts around the world said a decision international basketball's governing body, known as FIBA, to allow players to wear religious headgear in competition will encourage more people to play the sport because it gives participants the right to practice their faith and focus on playing ball. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Illustration on tolerant and radical Islam by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Demonstrators protest against Ann Coulter and her recent scheduled appearance on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. (Associated Press)
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, before signing an executive order aimed at easing an IRS rule limiting political activity for churches. From second from left are, Cardinal Donald Wuerl is the Archbishop of Washington, Pastor Jack Graham, Paula White, senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Fla. and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Andrew Toles, right, is tagged out by San Francisco Giants shortstop Christian Arroyo while trying to steal second during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Baltimore Orioles' Manny Machado reacts after striking out to Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel to end the baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The Red Sox defeated the Orioles 4-2. At left is Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Persecution of Christians Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Organizers say that protesters who show up for President Trump's event in New York City on Thursday will be supplied with "Lady Liberty" crowns and torches. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this June 12, 2008, file photo, Archbishop George Niederauer, of San Francisco, answers a question during a news conference at the general meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Orlando, Fla. Niederauer, San Francisco's eighth archbishop and a leading proponent of a contentious 2008 California ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage died Tuesday, May 2, 2017, of lung cancer at a San Rafael, California care facility. He was 80. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2009, file photo, Archbishop George H. Niederauer, left, and Chicago Cardinal Francis George, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, share a laugh after a news conference in Baltimore. Niederauer, San Francisco's eighth archbishop and a leading proponent of a contentious 2008 California ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage died Tuesday, May 2, 2017, of lung cancer at a San Rafael, California care facility. He was 80. ( (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 23, 2014 file photo, Eric Garner's body lies in a casket during his funeral at Bethel Baptist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The 43-year-old black man died in July 2014 in New York City after a white officer placed him in a chokehold during an arrest for selling loose cigarettes. A grand jury declined to indict that officer, nor any others involved in the arrest. The city agreed to pay a $6 million civil settlement. (Julia Xanthos/New York Daily News via AP, Pool)
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San Francisco Giants' Christian Arroyo, right, scores as Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes reaches for an errant throw during the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Kansas City Royals second baseman Christian Colon misses a single hit by Chicago White Sox's Yolmer Sanchez during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Illustration on the persecution of Christians as a human rights issue by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on campus radical chic by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2016, file photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush visits a polling place at Eastlan Baptist Church in Greenville, S.C. Bush says he’s optimistic he can close a deal to buy the Miami Marlins, with his partner Derek Jeter taking charge of baseball operations. Speaking publicly for the first time about his efforts to purchase the team from Jeffrey Loria, Bush said Tuesday, May 2, 2017, that baseball has huge potential in Miami, and he’s pleased with the interest by potential partners. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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Mahmoud Abbas comes into the meeting with President Trump very unpopular among Palestinians, who view their leadership as corrupt and are as pessimistic as the Israelis about the prospects for a peace deal. (Associated Press/File)
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Eric Treene, Special Counsel For Religious Discrimination, Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
