It’s just the first country that comes to mind that fits the bill of being openly religious/islamic (as opposed to Turkey), having a somewhat working government

It’s just the first country that comes to mind that fits the bill of being openly religious/islamic (as opposed to Turkey), having a somewhat working government (as opposed to Egypt, Libya or so) and not being too hostile to ‘the West’ (as opposed to Iran) to make such an experiment at least thinkable.