10 Many Islamists long rejected the concept of elections, which the more radical of them still argue are an infringement on God’s sovereignty. (A) The idea of elections has long been discarded by many Islamists, especially by the fundamentalists, who believe that elections are an intrusion into God’s power. (B) Many Islamists believe that choosing the rulers of a nation is a privilege of those fundamentalists who believe in the sovereignty of God. (C) The idea of choosing the rulers of a nation is acceptable to many Islamists except the more radical believers who reject elections as interference with God’s power. (D) It has been a long time since the concept of elections came to the Islamic world, but to the radical Islamists it has to be rejected because God does not allow it.