Shooting Up - Hardcover

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8182743753 ISBN 13: 9788182743755

Publisher: Pentagon Press, 2010

Synopsis

Islam calls for benevolence, mercy, kindness, peace and love in all walks of life, strata of society, creed or color. The economy, considered to be the backbone of society, is no exception nor are day-to-day activities pertaining to economic and financial matters. Here also, Islam insists on human welfare. Therefore, Islam strictly prohibits any kind of interest in any transaction, especially fees for lending money on specific terms. Similarly, investment in trade dealing with forbidden goods is considered contrary to the tenets of Islam and is not allowed under the no-interest system of Islamic economy. In the system, charging extra for dealing with mortgages, etc., is also not allowed. If a person borrows money against his property or a moveable assets, for instance, jewelry, he should not be charged extra. This and various other principles are at the core of the interest-free system of Islam. The present book is an initiative to add another pearl to the many books which are already available on this subject. Hopefully, it will be appreciated and welcomed in concerned circles.

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Review

"The connection between drug trafficking and terrorism has emerged as one of the central problems of our time. Shooting Up offers the best set of case studies on the complex relationship between the two phenomena and presents unorthodox and insightful conclusions about how the U.S. government should deal with them." --Peter Reuter, professor of public policy and criminology at the University of Maryland "Felbab-Brown deftly describes how our current antidrug policies are frequently at odds with our counterinsurgency efforts. Her chilling conclusion --that the U.S. strategy for fighting drugs internationally is actually emboldening the enemies of freedom --offers one of the most compelling arguments yet for rethinking the current war on drugs." --John Carnevale, former chief of the Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation, Office of National Drug Control Policy "For those unaware of the extent to which the war on drugs runs parallel to the war on terrorism, the vast financial resources committed by the US government, and the various strategic approaches employed thus far to disable narco-states (including eradication, suppression, and laissez-faire), Shooting Up is a meticulous, albeit condensed, account of the last twenty years of this failed war." --Virginia Konchan, ForeWord Reviews " Shooting Up is a clearly written, deeply researched account of the symbiotic relationship between insurgents and the drug trade from the coca fields of Colombia to the poppy fields of Afghanistan. It makes important points about how governments' counternarcotics efforts can actually help the insurgents." --Peter Bergen, author of Holy War, Inc. and The Osama bin Laden I Know "Vanda Felbab-Brown's intelligent survey of the steamy relationship between drugs and insurgency is a must-read. In debunking the theory that crop eradication undercuts the influence of narcoguerrillas, Shooting Up points American policymakers and generals toward a more effective strategy in Afghanistan and elsewhere." --Wendy Chamberlin, president of the Middle East Institute and former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan " Shooting Up is an important and timely book that challenges the conventional wisdom about counternarcotics and counterinsurgency. Rather than complementing one another, Felbab-Brown persuasively demonstrates, these two policies are in fact at odds." --Bruce Hoffman, professor of security studies at Georgetown University and former adviser on counterterrorism to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq

About the Author

Vanda Felbab-Brown is a fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pentagon Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8182743753
• ISBN 13: 9788182743755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 335