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Annex 2 Questions for Forum of Faith and Scottish Inter Faith Council Focus Groups
Introductions
Aims
Your aims speak of working together on areas of common ground and for shared religious values in the city? What does this mean?
Dream for Inter faith work in Glasgow
a. What is your dream for inter faith work in Glasgow City Council? If you don't have one - why not?
b. Name one main barrier to the achievement of your dream.
The Relationship of Faith Communities to Glasgow City Council
a. Give a general description
b. What level of engagement is there? Does it vary by faith group? Why? Who is most engaged? Who is least engaged? Why?
c. Why do faith communities want to engage? What do they get out of it?
d. What are the barriers to them engaging?
Pressing policy and/or local issues that concern faith communities in the Glasgow area
a. List them.
b. Are these concerns shared by all faiths? If not who is not included? Why?
c. Why are these policies or local issues important?
d. Do, and if so how do, the communities work together to address issues? Example?
e. On which of those issues is the Council doing enough? On which could they do more?
How would you describe the state of religious tolerance in the city at the moment?
a. Which faith communities are under pressure and why?
b. Which faith communities are having most problems being integrated or accepted in the city? Why?
c. What is being done by ordinary adherents of faith communities, leaders of faith communities and Glasgow City Council to address religious tolerance issues?
d. What role are agencies like police and social justice playing?
Inter Faith Co-operation in Glasgow City
a. What is working well in terms of inter faith co-operation in the city?
b. Anything else you want to say?
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