Bill Text: TX HR1293 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Islamic Center of Lake Travis on the first anniversary of its rebuilding and its second Ramadan observance and on hiring its first full-time imam.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-03 - Reported enrolled [HR1293 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1293-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1293 |
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WHEREAS, One year after the rebuilding of its mosque in | ||
Hudson Bend, the Islamic Center of Lake Travis has welcomed its | ||
first full-time imam and is hosting its second Ramadan observance; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, A fire destroyed the first mosque on the site in | ||
Hudson Bend in 2017, when it was still under construction; members | ||
of all faiths came together in solidarity to support the Islamic | ||
Center, and it began the rebuilding process; the new two-story | ||
structure opened in May 2018 for its first Ramadan services; and | ||
WHEREAS, The center serves as a social hub for the Muslim | ||
community in the Lake Travis area, with upstairs and downstairs | ||
prayer rooms, a nursery, space for children's religious | ||
instruction, and an outdoor deck for celebrations; it has also | ||
hosted a lecture series, food donations, and events of the | ||
Interfaith Ambassadors of Lake Travis, a community group that it | ||
helped form in the wake of the fire; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mufti Mohamed-Umer Esmail began serving as imam of | ||
the mosque in April 2019; born in Canada, he first earned teaching | ||
certifications at the Institute for Islamic Studies in Dewsbury in | ||
the United Kingdom and went on to secure further credentials | ||
through studies with world-renowned scholars in Karachi, Pakistan; | ||
he has served as the imam of the North Austin Muslim Community | ||
Center, as spiritual advisor for the Austin Chapter of the Muslim | ||
Youth of North America, and as imam of the Nueces Mosque serving The | ||
University of Texas community; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Islamic Center of Lake Travis provides | ||
fellowship, guidance, and inspiration to all who gather there, and | ||
it is indeed fitting to honor this notable house of worship as it | ||
marks these significant milestones; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the Islamic Center of Lake Travis on the | ||
occasion of the first anniversary of its rebuilding and its second | ||
Ramadan observance and extend sincere best wishes to Mufti | ||
Mohamed-Umer Esmail as he begins his tenure as imam; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the center as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Goodwin | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1293 was adopted by the House on May | ||
2, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||