The Riddoch Questions Team have been on the road again, this time holding a Question Time event in the ‘pure deid brilliant’ city of Glasgow. Tune in for a unique opportunity to hear from Scotland’s Jewish community who have been largely silent since the invasion of Gaza. Religion is never very far from the news – even when it’s hardly directly involved. What exactly were the recent killings in Northern Ireland about? Religious belief or constitutional conflict? Billions of dollars are being pledged to rebuild Gaza and yet tensions have hardly subsided – in the Middle East or here at home. And that’s true of Scots with faith and without a formal religious tie. And as the credit crunch bites all “extra spending” will be under scrutiny – should that include separate faith schools? Big questions this week – maybe the biggest, but all with an audience of a multitude of faiths gathered and a prize panel including...
Ephraim Borowski - Director of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities. Vice-Convener of BEMIS.
Ian Galloway – Church of Scotland minister of Gorbals in Glasgow. Convener of the Church and Society Council.
Magdalen Lambkin – Roman Catholic PhD Candidate in Inter-faith studies. Member of Scottish Inter-faith Council.
Ruzwan Mohammed – Sunni Imam Educational and Curriculum advisor to Muslim organisations in Scotland.
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