; Whereas in 2016, approximately 200 Christians were arrested in Iran for their faith; Whereas in Saudi Arabia, Christians must practice their faith in secrecy because churches are not allowed, and makeshift churches in homes are raided; Whereas Christians in Saudi Arabia face imprisonment, torture, and deportation; Whereas in Afghanistan, where Islam is viewed as a unifying faith, Christian converts are often murdered or sent to a mental hospital after their families learn of their new faith; Whereas Christians in Pakistan face constant accusation of blasphemy, punishable by death, and convictions and sentences for blasphemy are given despite little or no evidence of blasphemy; Whereas in 2016, approximately 600 Christian churches were attacked in Pakistan; Whereas Coptic Christians in Egypt have faced persecution for over 50 years, and on April 9, 2017, Palm Sunday, 44 people were killed in bomb attacks by the Islamic State on Coptic churches; Whereas the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on a bus on May 26, 2017, in which 29 Coptic Christians were killed while traveling to a monastery in Minya, Egypt; Whereas since the fall of the Gaddafi regime, persecution of Christians in Libya has significantly increased; Whereas Christians in Nigeria have been massacred by Islamic extremist groups like Boko Haram and the Fulani; Whereas in January 2017, Fulani militants raided a Christian village in Nigeria, killing six police officers and four civilians; Whereas Christian converts in Somalia often face public execution; Whereas in 2017, a mob of 100 men attacked a Christian church in Uganda, beating and raping members of the congregation; Whereas Christian persecution has been on the rise in Asia, primarily due to religious nationalism; Whereas in May 2017, a Christian governor in Indonesia was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to two years in prison for distorting a Koranic teaching during a campaign speech