. >> stop short of a right to proth letize or a right to convert others or, in fact, a right to conversion. but it's an interesting question how far a democracy can go. eve a muslim majority democracy without grappling successfully with that at some point. jillian? >> so when i teach courses on middle east politics, i always start the first class by saying, middle east politics is not limited to the palestinian/israeli conflict. i want to say the arab spring is not limited to egypt. we've been predominantly talking about egypt. i keep trying to talk a little bit differently. i want to say something about yemen. yemen had a couple of weeks ago abdullah saleh stepped down. we don't call that state a shiia state. we shouldn't. it's nonsensical. in fact, he's from that sect. you have a very strong wahabi influence. saudi funded. saudi inspired. that's very -- you have all kinds of different religious sects. in the case of yemen, i think it would be a mistake to put the question of religious freedom front and center in the transition, because there's all kinds of other issues of power struggle