Excerpt from interviews with Katherine Thane, Senior Researcher & Policy Advisor to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Kit Dorey, Bond (the international development network), Mahmood Rafiq, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Rebecca Shah, Religious Freedom Institute. These interviews took place during the Forum on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Inclusive Development, organised by the Coalition on Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID), convened and led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).