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Acknowledgements
This research could not have been completed without the generous assistance of a number of people:
The team at the University of Edinburgh who worked hard to complete the project on a tight time schedule: Dr Paul Middleton, research assistant; Prof. Will Storrar, Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues ( CTPI); Prof. David Kerr, Director of Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non Western World; Ms Karoline McLean, administrator CTPI, and Ms. Bronwen Currie, Computing services.
Staff of the Scottish Executive who made themselves readily available to give help and guidance: Louise McAspurren, project manager, Social Justice Equalities Research, Scottish Executive; and Alison Colvine, Equality Unit, Scottish Executive.
Staff of Glasgow City Council who provided excellent practical support as well as advice and information: Dr. Edelweisse Thornley, Corporate Policy Officer, and Doreen Montgomery, Corporate Policy Officer.
The Research Advisory Group members who gave generously of their time and expertise to advise on the field work and to comment on some of the research instruments and the interim and final reports: Harry Dunlop, Director, St Mungo's Museum of Religion; Pramila Kaur, Chief Executive, Scottish Inter Faith Council ( SIFC); Janet Pooran, Baha'i faith representative on Glasgow Forum of Faiths ( FOF), and Sr. Isabel Smyth, Former Chief Executive Officer, SIFC.
The following individuals from various faith communities and organisations who gave a lot of time to help to identify and contact numerous participants for both faith focus groups and interviews: Dr. Maureen Sier, SIFC; Mr. Eric Masterton, Tibetan Buddhist community; Mr. Philip Mendelsohn, Honorary Secretary of the Jewish Representative Association; Mrs. Shobna Nagpal, Vice President Hindu Temple; Lavanniya Kumar of Glasgow University Hindu Association; Mr. Zaid Akhter, President of the Glasgow branch of the Muslim Association of Britain; Mr. Shakeel Ali, Secretary of the Glasgow branch of the Muslim Association of Britain; Mr. Singh -Winning, President, Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha; Mr. Opal, President, Sri Guru Tegh Bahdur Gurdwara; Mr Burmi, President, Guru Nanak Gurdwara; Mr Singh Lalli, President, Singh Sabha Gurdwara; Br. Stephen Smyth, Ecumenical Officer, Glasgow Churches Together ( GCT); and Mr. Christopher Docherty, Diocesan Youth Officer, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow.
For their assistance in the collation of Census data: Denise Laughlan, Office of the Chief Statistician, Scottish Executive and Linda Taylor, General Register Office for Scotland.
The officials from a variety of departments in Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Police Force who engaged thoughtfully with our focus group questions.
The faith focus group members and interviewees from a variety of faith communities in the Glasgow City area who received us with gracious hospitality, answered our questions, or took time to fill in our questionnaires and forms, and thereby provided much of the information which informs this report.
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