Samir Mohamed Amin Abdel-Latif

Samir Mohamed Amin Abdel-Latif (born 1958) is a writer, philosopher, historian,

political analyst, linguist, and educator. He was born in Egypt and has lived in the
United States of America since the early nineties. He held a series of positions as
instructor and professor of linguistics, English, Arabic, religion, and history of the
Middle East at several Universities in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United States of
America.

He published several articles in numerous newspapers and literary journals. His main
subject has been the true history of Islam, political Islam, and terrorism. He
published two books:

1- The Unknown History of Islam (2013)

2- Islam, Islamism, and Western Liberalism (2017)

He published a novel in Arabic (2017) titled, A Tale of Two Villages. The novel is a
narrative of the similarities between two villages: One modern, where the author was
born and lived his early years, and the other village is the old city of Mecca where
Islam started. The writer narrates how similar characters and events in both villages
had evolved and influenced their respective communities in an uncanny
resemblance. The novel is full of motifs, symbolism, and mythology references that
expose the false religious beliefs that people in both villages cling to and live by to
justify their absurd life and religious claims and beliefs.

Samir Mohamed Amin Abdel-Latif developed Michel Foucault’s theory of

“Dynamic Normalization” that Foucault proposed in the seventies to explain how
the state and despotic rulers control their populace to include religion and religious
authorities that use even more despotic techniques and tactics such as discipline,
punishment, intimidation and terrorization to manipulate and control their followers.
Samir Mohamed Amin Abdel-Latif explained that religions use the fear of the
unknown to lick into shape the behavior of their followers in addition to horrible
physical and psychological tactics to control the simplest human thoughts and ideas.
Thus, both the clergy and despotic rulers are equal in their abuse of power to subdue
their subjects.
Mr. Abdel-Latif explained the “Inevitability Theory” and its influence on the
evolution of societies as far as religion is concerned. He analyzed the negative
influence of religion, and how it narrows and limits in due course the opportunities
to liberate individuals and civil institutions in Islamic societies.

Mr. Samir Mohamed Amin Abdel-Latif warned Western societies that adopting
Islamists and allowing political Islam to thrive inside their countries in the name of
diversity and globalization because this policy will inevitably lead to the destruction
of Western culture, secular society, and the ascent of Islamism and its final control
of the world, which is the ultimate goal of Islamists. Furthermore, Mr. Abdel-Latif
explained the risks of using Islamism as a way of curbing Islamic extremism as this
is like trying to extinguish fire with gasoline. He also warned in his book, Islam,
Islamism, and Western Liberalism of the infiltration of Muslim extremists, namely
the Muslim Brotherhood, in the ranks of the decision-making institutions in Western
countries.

Samir Mohamed Amin Abdel-Latif compared military dictatorship to religious

fascism and explained that in Islamic countries where Islamic fascism always takes
over very easily. Thus, it becomes inevitable consequently that the military steps in
to secure the secularity of modern society. He added that military dictatorships are
loyal to the country and is nationalistic in essence, while religious fascists tend to be
loyal to colonial powers and keep their societies underdeveloped socially and
culturally. Religious fascists only put down civil society and all aspects of
modernity, while instilling superstition and old religious myths. In other words, the
rise of religious extremism, namely Islamic, makes it necessary for the military to
stand up against Islamism to stop it. Saving civil society has become the
responsibility of the military in most Middle Eastern countries. However, the
military is also responsible for two tasks: First, end all aspects of Islamism. Second,
help and support capable civil and secular cadres in society to emerge and replace
the military in a reasonable amount of time.