Islam and the moral economy: the challenge of capitalism By Tripp Charles, Cambridge University Press, 2006. x + 201 pp. Bibl to p. 224. Index to p. 229. £16.99. ISBN 10-521-68244-4

Tripp (2006) presents a book titled: “Islam and the Moral Economy: the Challenge of Capitalism”. This book revealed that the development of sharia economic grows rapidly, depicting an evidence of a rejection of conventional capitalism. However, the growth is still hampered by the argument in the form of economic development of world’s capitalism that has rooted in the politic and economic structure. According to the contradictions, the author presents a framework of arguments to identify and investigate the actions of Islamic economic actors in order to anticipate, respond and act against the phenomenon. Furthermore, Tripp (2006) elaborates the Islamic economics’ responses to the economy of capitalism as follows.