Bill Text: TX HCR80 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Designating May as Muslim Heritage Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2024.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HCR80 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR80-Introduced.html
| By: Lalani | H.C.R. No. 80 | |
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| WHEREAS, An estimated 500,000 people in the state of Texas | ||
| practice Islam, marking Texas as the state with the fifth largest | ||
| Muslim population, with the majority residing in the cities of | ||
| Houston and Dallas; and, | ||
| WHEREAS, With more than 338 mosques and Islamic centers, | ||
| Texas has the largest Muslim population in the Southern United | ||
| States; and, | ||
| WHEREAS, Countless members of Texas' Muslim American | ||
| community have devoted their lives to service, extending support | ||
| and assistance to communities across the state through charitable | ||
| donations and community organizations; and, | ||
| WHEREAS, The Muslim community fosters compassion and peace | ||
| through the tenets of their religion, which include zakat (giving) | ||
| as an obligatory religious practice; and, | ||
| WHEREAS, With over seven decades of being a vital part of | ||
| Texas communities and contributing in a variety of ways around the | ||
| state, it is imperative that their services for the state of Texas | ||
| are celebrated; and, | ||
| WHEREAS, There are many prominent Muslim figures in Texas and | ||
| countless other Muslim individuals, including medical | ||
| professionals, first responders, teachers, among many more, who | ||
| have devoted their lives to serving the residents of the Lone Star | ||
| state; and, | ||
| WHEREAS, The Texas Muslim American Heritage Month | ||
| Celebration will encourage recognition of the contributions made by | ||
| Muslim-Americans to the state's culture, social services, | ||
| education, politics, business, technology, and arts; and, now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| honor and celebrate its Muslim American Community as it continues | ||
| to be an integral part of the State and looks forward to | ||
| highlighting the beauty and diversity of the Muslim American | ||
| culture; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, We declare the Month of May as Muslim Heritage | ||
| Month in the State of Texas. | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby designate May as Muslim Heritage Month; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That, in accordance with the provisions of Section | ||
| 391.004(d), Government Code, this designation remain in effect | ||
| until the 10th anniversary of the date this resolution is finally | ||
| passed by the legislature. | ||
