Are malicious deeds done against churches hate crimes?

Main Entry: hate crime
Function: noun
: any of various crimes (as assault or defacement of property) when motivated by hostility to the victim as a member of a group (as one based on color, creed, gender, or sexual orientation) Marriam Dics Definition.
Function: noun
: a crime that violates the victim's civil rights and that is motivated by hostility to the victim's race, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender




http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004885.html Summary of Hate Crime Statistics, 2003


http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/hate.htm Investigative Programs
Civil Rights (FBI)

http://www.adl.org/combating_hate/ Anti Defamation League. Alot about Muslim cases, i did not find any twords Christians?

http://www.hatecrime.org/index.html Leftwing Bush haters, Gay lovers. Nothing about Christians.

___________________

I have read a few articles about hate crimes against mosques and synagogue's. These are deemed hate crimes. I have not found of yet any deemed hate twards Christian Churches. I do not see how they differ?