Now political Islam can no longer be contained, because democracy cannot be built by driving underground parties that have a strong social base, as was tragically demonstrated in Algeria 15 years ago. The only alternative to authoritarianism is to craft a transition that allows Islamists to participate in public life and encourages them to accept unequivocally the rules of the democratic game.
正如15年前阿尔及利亚所悲剧性地表明的那样，无法通过驱除具有强大社会基础的地下党派而建立民主，因此，政治伊斯兰现今无法再被抑制。独裁主义的唯一替代品就是建立过渡期，允许伊斯兰主义者参与公共生活，并且鼓励他们明确接受民主游戏的规则。