How can we make religious equality for those on the margins of society and politics a reality? This book is about the individual and collective struggles of the marginalised to be recognised and their inequalities, religious or otherwise, redressed. It is also about the efforts of civil society, governments, multilateral actors, and scholars to promote inclusive policies that are mindful of the realities of marginalised people.

Section 1 outlines the rationale and the approach. Section 2 highlights some of the conundrums associated with naming and framing freedom of religion or belief and religious inequalities. Section 3 explores approaches that seek to redress religious otherization and exclusion in education, health, and economic inclusion policies. Section 4 highlights the tensions between national development policies and the rights of people on the margins whose violations are both economic and religio-cultural. Section 5 discusses the disconnects between rhetoric and practice in multilateral agencies’ engagement with religious pluralism in a variety of contexts.

Section 6 concludes.