asifa quraishi-landes, professor of law and a research -- [inaudible] focuses on the constitutionalism -- [inaudible] and nathan walker, 1791 delegates and it's an organization made up of legal scholars and practitioners who help companies, educational institutions, nonprofits do with issues of religious liberty, religious literacy and education. so from there i'm just going to jump right in and i will start with nate. could you walk us through just a brief history of religious liberty in the united states? waited come from? what are what we sing today in f an almost redefinition of religious liberty being what from my perspective used to be thought of as a shield, right, the constitution of the amendments in the constitution used as a shield for which the majority would not impose its views on the minority but now almost being wielded as a sword by the majority. so if you could, that was, i packed a lot into but if you could give it a shot. >> well, first of all it's a great honor to be with you all, especially in this time where the question of muslims in america is the number one re