CA SCR166

Condemns any act of Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian discrimination in California to promote tolerance and acceptance of people of all religious beliefs, ethnicities, and national origins

References increased hate incidents against Muslim and Palestinian communities, including the 2023 stabbing death of six-year-old Wadea al-Fayoume in Chicago, a hit-and-run targeting an Arab Muslim student at Stanford University in November 2023, and the shooting of three Palestinian college students in Vermont in November 2023

Cites the United Nations 2022 Resolution 76/254 designating March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia and the American Bar Association's 2023 Resolution 524 condemning Islamophobia

Notes the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported over 8,061 complaints from the Muslim community nationwide in 2023, with over half occurring in the last three months, including harassment, workplace discrimination, and student bullying

Declares the resolution does not diminish anyone's right to freely engage in speech or activity protected by the United States Constitution