Before the arrival of Islam, the region known today as Sudan was not a unified political, cultural, or religious entity. It was home to diverse ethnic groups, customs, and beliefs. In the north, the Nubians practiced Orthodox Christianity, and the Nubian language, with its various dialects, was the medium of politics, culture, and communication.

Sudan bleeds. And the world barely flinches. Now entering its third devastating year, the brutal war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), has plunged the country into chaos and unleashed one of the most horrific humanitarian disasters of our time.

The book “The Maqasid (Objectives) According to Imam al-Shatibi” has recently been published, authored by Ustadh Mahmoud Abdel Hadi Faour. Al-Waie Magazine offers its readers an introduction to this book, which it finds to be a serious, profound, and disciplined research into the usool of fiqh (foundations of jurisprudence).

Ten countries within the BRICS group - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE - met in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil, on Saturday, July 6, 2025. During the meeting, they signed a document titled “Strengthening Global South Cooperation for a More Inclusive and a Sustainable Governance,”