The news: A report by Axios on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) stated that senior American, “Israeli,” and Syrian officials are expected to meet next Thursday in an attempt to reach security understandings regarding the situation in southern Syria. The meeting will be chaired by the US envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, who has mediated between the two sides in recent weeks. (Zakros - Agencies)

In the previous two sections, we discussed socialist and capitalist financial thought and clarified the foundations upon which each is based. In this section, we will address Islamic financial thought and the principles on which it is founded.

When we talk about empowerment (tamkeen), we are talking about the cause for which the Messengers and Prophets, peace be upon them all, were sent. The cause we are discussing in this article is not the empowerment of a person or persons, but instead the empowerment of Deen, and the empowerment of the Islamic Ummah that establishes this Deen.

The International Monetary Fund’s announcement that Egypt’s external debt will reach $202 billion by 2030, up from $162 billion in 2024, was not just a passing economic news item. Instead, it is a dangerous indicator of the state’s collapse and an exposure of the failure of the ruling regime,