IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 336 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2019 Mr. Gallagher submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Condemning the terrorist attacks on Christian worshipers in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, and standing with the Government of Sri Lanka to encourage the protection and preservation of religious liberties.

Whereas, on the morning of April 21, 2019, Easter Sunday, seven Islamist suicide bombers carried out coordinated attacks on— (1) the Shrine of St. Anthony Church in Colombo, Sri Lanka; (2) St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka; (3) Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka; (4) Zion Evangelical Church in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka; (5) a guest house near the National Zoo of Sri Lanka; and (6) a housing complex in Dematagoda, Sri Lanka; Whereas more than 250 people were killed and more than 500 people were injured in the attacks; Whereas the attackers acted in the name of National Thowheeth Jama’ath (referred to in this preamble as NTJ ), a local Islamist group that had previously attacked Buddhist monks and statues; Whereas NTJ has ties to global Islamist terrorist organizations and subscribes to an intolerant Wahhabi ideology that condones violence against non-Muslims and fellow Muslims; and Whereas the Wall Street Journal has reported that, according to SITE, a terrorist-monitoring firm, on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, the Islamic State released a video claiming responsibility for the attacks, stating that the executors of the attack that targeted citizens of coalition states and Christians in Sri Lanka two days ago were Islamic State fighters : Now, therefore, be it