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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, On April 22, 2025, terrorists from "The |
| 3 | | Resistance Front" stormed a meadow in Pahalgam, Kashmir and |
| 4 | | murdered 26 innocent civilian tourists; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The "Resistance Front" is an affiliate of an |
| 6 | | Islamist group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and on April 22, 2025, its |
| 7 | | terrorist warriors were seeking Hindus with precision; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, The April 22, 2025 atrocity is entwined with the |
| 9 | | ongoing claim by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to control |
| 10 | | all of Kashmir; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The April 22, 2025 attack on Hindu civilians was |
| 12 | | a deliberate and brutal assault on innocent people; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, This incident is a matter of deep concern to all |
| 14 | | Hindus worldwide; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, The killing is an assault on all people of |
| 16 | | conscience worldwide, including the people of Illinois, who |
| 17 | | value religious freedom and human dignity; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Many people of kinship with India have been |
| 19 | | personally affected by the violence in Kashmir, as they have |
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| 1 | | friends and extended families who are affected by the killing |
| 2 | | and violence; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, The terrorist incident of April 22, 2025 was a |
| 4 | | conscious attack upon Hindu life and identity and is an |
| 5 | | affront to the values of democracy, freedom, pluralism, and |
| 6 | | peace that are valued in Illinois; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The massacre of Hindu tourists in Kashmir, India |
| 8 | | is more than an act of terror; it is a savage assault on peace, |
| 9 | | pluralism, and basic human dignity, and those responsible must |
| 10 | | be brought to swift and uncompromising justice; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, The world cannot look away or make excuses for |
| 12 | | the ongoing violence against civilians in Kashmir; silence is |
| 13 | | complicity in the face of such brutality; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 15 | | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 16 | | we stand in solidarity against terrorism and condemn the |
| 17 | | violent April 22, 2025 attack against civilians in Kashmir and |
| 18 | | all similar attacks launched in Kashmir by persons of similar |
| 19 | | minds and for the same reasons; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the Hindu American Foundation of Chicago and to |
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| 1 | | Rohit Tanksale of Dunlap. |
