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FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2016 file photo, Rana Singh Sodhi, 49, holds a photograph in Gilbert, Ariz. of his murdered brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi, who was murdered in the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by a man who said he wanted to kill Muslims. The Sikh religion was founded in India to promote religious freedom, gender equality and opportunity for all. Yet their beards and turbans make American Sikhs easy targets for the angry and uninformed who believe they are Muslims. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2016 file photo, Rana Singh Sodhi, 49, kneels near his service station in Mesa, Ariz., next to a memorial for his brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi, who was murdered in the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by a man who said he wanted to kill Muslims. The Sikh religion was founded in India to promote religious freedom, gender equality and opportunity for all. Yet their beards and turbans make American Sikhs easy targets for the angry and uninformed who believe they are Muslims. Frightened and frustrated by hate-fueled violence, America's Sikh community is launching a million-dollar nationwide public awareness campaign to help prevent future attacks against its people. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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In this April 9, 2017 photo, men and women prepare roti flat bread for a Sikh community meal served free to anyone regardless of faith, religion or background, at the Guru Nanak Darbar house of worship in Hicksville, N.Y. The Long Island Sikh community has escaped much of the violence that has plagued Sikhs elsewhere, but America's Sikh community is launching a million-dollar nationwide public awareness campaign to help prevent hate attacks against its people. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this April 9, 2017 photo, Sikh congregants and visitors share in a Sikh community meal served free to anyone regardless of faith, religion or background, at the Guru Nanak Darbar house of worship in Hicksville, N.Y. The Long Island Sikh community has escaped much of the violence that has plagued Sikhs elsewhere, but America's Sikh community is launching a million-dollar nationwide public awareness campaign to help prevent hate attacks against its people. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this April 9, 2017 photo, Yasheep Kaur, 6, talks with her mother, Sandeep Kaur, as she prepares roti flat bread for a Sikh community meal served free to anyone regardless of faith, religion or background, at the Guru Nanak Darbar house of worship in Hicksville, N.Y. The Long Island Sikh community has escaped much of the violence that has plagued Sikhs elsewhere, but America's Sikh community is launching a million-dollar nationwide public awareness campaign to help prevent hate attacks against its people. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this April 9, 2017 photo, Paramjit Singh Bedi, center, of the Guru Nanak Darbar Sikh house of worship, visits the kitchen at the temple during the preparation of food for a community meal served free to anyone regardless of faith, religion or background. America's Sikh community is launching a million-dollar nationwide public awareness campaign to help prevent hate attacks against its people. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this April 9, 2017 photo, a Sikh man bows as Satinder Kaur leads a prayer recital at the Guru Nanak Darbar house of worship, in Hicksville, N.Y. Women and men share equal roles in the temple where Sikhs come together for worship and to serve community meals free for anyone regardless of faith, religion or background. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this April 9, 2017 photo, a Sikh woman reads from her holy book during a prayer recital at the Guru Nanak Darbar house of worship, in Hicksville, N.Y. Women and men share equal roles in the temple where Sikhs come together for worship and to serve community meals free for anyone regardless of faith, religion or background. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this April 9, 2017 photo, Balbir Singh Pahwa, right, of the Guru Nanak Darbar Sikh house of worship, shows respect for the holy scripture by waving a fan above Satinder Kaur, center, as she leads a prayer recital at the temple, in Hicksville, N.Y. The beards and turbans are symbols of equality in a religion that opposes India's caste system. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Miami Marlins center fielder Christian Yelich (21) right fielder Giancarlo Stanton (27) and a member of security attempt to remove a cat that wandered onto the field during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Miami. The Marlins defeated the Braves 8-4. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Boston Red Sox's Christian Vazquez connects for a two RBI, triple during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Boston Red Sox's Christian Vazquez rounds third on his two-RBI triple during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Vazquez went 4-4 at the plate, driving in two runs, in the Red Sox 8-1 win. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Boston Red Sox's Christian Vazquez is congratulated by teammates after being driven home by Dustin Pedroia in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Boston Red Sox's Christian Vazquez rounds first on a two-RBI triple during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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President Donald Trump listens as Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America speaks during a Greek Independence celebration, Friday, March 24, 2107, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Worldwide Persecution of Christians Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 photo, Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, leads a mass for the Egyptian Christians who were killed in Libya, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's Coptic Christians have become the preferred target of Islamic State radicals operating in the Arab world's most populous nation, seeking to sow discord, undermine President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, and split the country. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
