In promoting democracy, liberals reject the argument used by today’s rulers that the first free election would be the last, because Islamists would win and establish theocratic regimes. Reformers insist that the vast majority of people support moderate solutions, or at least that radical Islamist groups would have to become pragmatic in order to compete for power and govern.
在推动民主的过程中，今日统治者的这一言论遭到自由主义者的反对：第一届自由选举也将是最后一次，因为伊斯兰教主义者们将会赢得胜利并建立一个神权政体。改革者们坚持认为，大部分人民支持温和稳健的解决方案，或者，伊斯兰激进团体为了争取权力和统治权至少得变得更为务实。