The Council members of the Scottish Inter Faith Council are made up of representatives from the major faith traditions, local inter faith groups and religious education specialists. They meet three times a year to discuss pertinent issues.
The current Convener of the Scottish Inter Faith Council is Sister Isabel Smyth from the Scottish Roman Catholic Church. A full list of Council members is given below:
Baha'i
Rita Doherty, Baha'i Council for Scotland
Brahma Kumaris
Louisa Gupta, Edinburgh Brahma Kumaris
Buddhist
Larry Blance, Kagyu Samye Dzong, Glasgow
Shantiketu, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, Glasgow Buddhist Centre
Christian
Rev Mitchell Bunting, United Reformed Church : Synod of Scotland
Major Alan Dixon, Salvation Army, Scotland East Division
Rev Donald Reid, Episcopal Church
Sister Isabel Smyth, Scottish Roman Catholic Church
Rev Professor Frank Whaling, Methodist Church
Fiona Fidgin, Church of Scotland
Hindu
Mr K Jagannathan, The Hindu Temple of Scotland
Shobha Nagpal and Brij Ghandi, Glasgow Hindu Mandir
Baha'i
Rita Doherty, Baha'i Council for Scotland
Brahma Kumaris
Louisa Gupta, Edinburgh Brahma Kumaris
Buddhist
Larry Blance, Kagyu Samye Dzong, Glasgow
Shantiketu, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, Glasgow Buddhist Centre
Christian
Rev Mitchell Bunting, United Reformed Church : Synod of Scotland
Major Alan Dixon, Salvation Army, Scotland East Division
Rev Donald Reid, Episcopal Church
Sister Isabel Smyth, Scottish Roman Catholic Church
Rev Professor Frank Whaling, Methodist Church
Fiona Fidgin, Church of Scotland
Hindu
Mr K Jagannathan, The Hindu Temple of Scotland
Shobha Nagpal and Brij Ghandi, Glasgow Hindu Mandir
Jewish
Leah Granat, Scottish Council of Jewish Communities
Alan Kay, Giffnock and Newlands Hebrew Congregation
Rabbi David Rose, Edinburgh Jewish Community
Dianna Wolfson, Scottish Council of Synagogues
Glasgow Jewish Representative Council
Muslim
Dr Salah Beltagui, Muslim House
Farkhanda Chaudhry, Islamic Society of Britain
Mahmud Sarwar Rathor, Scottish Islamic and Cultural Centre
Dr A. Saeed Bhutta, UK Islamic Mission / Islamic Forum
Mr Bashir Malik, Pakistan Association Edinburgh & East Scotland
Quaker
Anne Davies, Religious Society of Friends
Sikh
Ravinder Kaur Nijjar, Scottish Sikh Women's Association
Harjinder Singh Gharyal, Ramgarhia Association of Glasgow - Guru Nanak Sikh Temple
Gurdip Singh Samra, Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib
Dr Satwant Singh Multani, Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Unitarian
Iain Brown, Scottish Unitarian Association
Local Inter Faith Groups
Akbar Ali and Rev Tom Macintyre, Shetland Inter Faith
Ken Riley, Dundee Inter Faith Association
Hassan Scott, Aberdeen Inter Faith Group
Sister Isabel Smyth, Glasgow Sharing of Faiths
Dr Ruhy Parris, Edinburgh Inter Faith Association
Leah Granat, Scottish Council of Jewish Communities
Alan Kay, Giffnock and Newlands Hebrew Congregation
Rabbi David Rose, Edinburgh Jewish Community
Dianna Wolfson, Scottish Council of Synagogues
Glasgow Jewish Representative Council
Muslim
Dr Salah Beltagui, Muslim House
Farkhanda Chaudhry, Islamic Society of Britain
Mahmud Sarwar Rathor, Scottish Islamic and Cultural Centre
Dr A. Saeed Bhutta, UK Islamic Mission / Islamic Forum
Mr Bashir Malik, Pakistan Association Edinburgh & East Scotland
Quaker
Anne Davies, Religious Society of Friends
Sikh
Ravinder Kaur Nijjar, Scottish Sikh Women's Association
Harjinder Singh Gharyal, Ramgarhia Association of Glasgow - Guru Nanak Sikh Temple
Gurdip Singh Samra, Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib
Dr Satwant Singh Multani, Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha
Unitarian
Iain Brown, Scottish Unitarian Association
Local Inter Faith Groups
Akbar Ali and Rev Tom Macintyre, Shetland Inter Faith
Ken Riley, Dundee Inter Faith Association
Hassan Scott, Aberdeen Inter Faith Group
Sister Isabel Smyth, Glasgow Sharing of Faiths
Dr Ruhy Parris, Edinburgh Inter Faith Association
Religious Education
Patricia Cusick, Council of Christians and Jews, West of Scotland Branch
Mandy Davidson, Scottish Joint Committee on Religious and Moral Education
Rev Dr John Stevenson, Religious Education Movement - Scotland
Mandy Davidson, Scottish Joint Committee on Religious and Moral Education
Rev Dr John Stevenson, Religious Education Movement - Scotland