the fur are the largest ethnic group in the darfur region of western sudan. they are also sometimes referred to by the names fora, fordunga, furawi, konjara, or kungara. they are an active agricultural people and may also herd cattle. some fur families who have accumulated a substantial cattle herd developed a more nomadic lifestyle like that of their herding neighbors, the baqqara (baggara) arabs. culturally, those cattle-herding fur are now considered to be baqqara. the fur are nominally sunni muslims following the maliki school of islamic law.